It's not every day you make $13,000. However, eBay auctioneer Angel Ball -- who goes by the handle lace_thongs35 -- did just that by selling a classic NES console with five games.

You may be thinking, how did those musty old cartridges and equally old system garner such a huge price tag? It turns out one game in particular is responsible: "Stadium Events."

Ball (pictured, left) had no idea that SE was a sought-after collector's item of which only a couple thousand were produced (and far fewer released), but says she wouldn't have altered her listing much if she'd known.

"Maybe I would have added 'Stadium Events' to the headline of the auction," she jokes.

Asylum contacted Angel to find out what it feels like to make thousands on old video games.

Ball had kept the games in storage (and in the original packaging), intending for her kids to use them. But with cutting-edge systems like the Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3 now available, the youngsters passed on the classics.

"I had no earthly idea" says Angel when asked if she expected the auction to end with a $13,000 bid. "The auction was listed for $9.99 with no reserves!"

Despite being "floored" by the final bid, Angel is no stranger to eBay, or hoarding collectibles. The go-getting grandmother still has plenty of vintage and new items to list which she keeps stored in two 12-by-20-foot Dutch Barns.

Her advice to fellow auctioneers who are curious if their closet-bound video game collections have any real value is to use the site NintendoAGE.com which specializes in Nintendo collectibles.

Angel plans to use some of her windfall on another Dutch Barn ("The two that I have right now are completely full," she laments) and to help pay off her truck.

We're not sure if her kids are getting anything out of the deal, but hopefully they learned a lesson about looking a gift horse in the mouth.