An incredibly rare video
game, often a prototype, that surfaces on a
Japanese auction site (i.e. Yahoo Auctions), only to be bought by a Japanese private collector (often with classism and/or xenophobia as core motivations) and never
seen again.
Archivist 1: Looks
like there's a Super Mario Bros. 3 prototype up on Yahoo Auctions. Gonna start a fundraiser for it.
Archivist 2: There's some private collector
talking about buying it to... Protect it from foreigners?
Archivist 1: Damn. Let's
hope it doesn't become a Japanese treasure.