Yesterday, GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen announced that he was selling a bunch of stuff on eBay to try to fund the Funko Pop store’s proposed $56 billion bid for the online reseller site. The stunt follows criticisms that the executive doesn’t have enough cash to actually make that acquisition . But it appears that at least some of the items being auctioned could be remnants looted from the legendary Game Informer Vault, where the long-running publication housed decades of video game history before GameStop shut down the publication in 2024 .

Video Game History Foundation founder Frank Cifaldi posted on Bluesky accusing Cohen of selling off items from the Vault.…