Marriott would know better than me, but wasn't it just a few years (4 or 5) ago that these could be had for relatively cheap prices? I was looking at picking one up for myself back then, and I want to say that they could be had for less than $200.
Congrats to that guy for getting top dollar. That's an impressive price.
I got mine for around $200 around 2 years ago. It seems the market has skyrocketed for these for some unknown reason. The same seller had a @WORLD Japanese release auction just end yesterday with a BIN of $1.5K USD. The reserve was never met.
Yeah, that sounds about right. I never did pick one up because, frankly, I don't know what I'd ever do with it, and $200 is a lot to spend on something that I'd never use. I sort of wish I would have now :/ Oh well. Guess I'll add it to the list of the 'things that got away.'