Unopened 1986 Super Mario Bros. NES Game Fetches Record $3M At Auction
A vintage Super Mario Bros. cartridge released in 1986 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) just shattered the record for the most expensive video game ever sold, having fetched $3 million at auction. That sum, which includes a 25% buyer's premium fee, is $1 million higher than the previous record when the same game sold for $2 million.
Heritage Auctions brokered the record sale for what it describes as the "finest known copy" around and the "the Holy Grail of video game collecting." The reason for the hyperbole is not only because the game remains sealed after four decades, but it also bears a gloss sticker that is still intact.
"The gloss sticker format was adopted in early 1986 after the short-lived matte sticker (exclusively featured on launch copies from Nintendo's October 1985 test market). With no known first-production examples in sealed condition, this is the earliest confirmed sealed...
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