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A mint-condition sealed copy of the initial Super Mario Bros. sold at auction for $114,000 on July 10, setting a new record for the sale of a single collectible video game. Its likewise an early printing of the game– not as early as the one offered in 2019, but early enough to still have the cardboard hangtab on the box, which stores were expected to punch out and use to hang NES video games on pegs, like action figures. Other recent NES auctions for sealed video games include Punch-Out!
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As Kotaku reported in 2015, a brand-new increase of collectors with significant amounts of cash to invest have entered the game gathering pastime recently, dropping great deals of cash on sealed, mint-condition copies of the most popular games.
A comparable copy of Super Mario Bros. rated at 8.0 cost $40,200 in late June. Other current NES auctions for sealed games include Punch-Out! for $50,400, Super Mario Bros. 3 for $38,400, and Contra for $21,600. Heritage Auctions likewise made waves back in March when they facilitated the sale of the uncommon “Nintendo Play Station” prototype for $360,000.
A mint-condition sealed copy of the original Super Mario Bros. sold at auction for $114,000 on July 10, setting a new record for the sale of a single collectible video game. The packaging is sealed, for one, and is graded at a near-perfect 9.4, implying its noticeably complimentary of wear and tear. Its also an early printing of the video game– not as early as the one sold in 2019, however early adequate to still have the cardboard hangtab on the box, which shops were supposed to punch out and use to hang NES games on pegs, like action figures.
” In short, a cardboard hangtab copy of any early Nintendo Entertainment System game brings a particular air of vintage unequaled by its successors,” checks out the games listing on Heritage Auctions.
