COLLECTOR’S CORNER
THE NINTENDO EFFECT
Christian Puryear on his love of Nintendo and how collecting has changed
READERS TAKE US THROUGH THE RETRO KEYHOLE
DONKEY KONG ARCADE MACHINE “A five-hour drive and I paid $100 for it not working. I repaired and restored it over the course of a summer. All original parts!” PAID: $100
SEALED COPY OF FALLOUT “I found this in a used record store in Nashville. I’ve never seen another for sale.” PAID: $100
BIO
NAME: Christian Puryear
LOCATION: Nashville, Tennessee
ESTIMATED VALUE OF COLLECTION: $300k+
FAVOURITE SYSTEM: NES
FAVOURITE GAME: Turtle Bridge on Game & Watch. In 1981, a Japanese family moved next door and they brought this new game from Japan. It was very charming and like nothing else available in the States at that time
INSTAGRAM: @vine.lodge