{"id":121009,"date":"2020-11-21T04:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T04:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/11\/sealed_copy_of_super_mario_bros_3_sells_for_usd156000"},"modified":"2020-11-21T04:55:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T04:55:00","slug":"sealed-copy-of-super-mario-bros-3-sells-for-156000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/11\/21\/sealed-copy-of-super-mario-bros-3-sells-for-156000\/","title":{"rendered":"Sealed Copy Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Sells For $156,000"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Earlier this year in July<\/a>, a sealed copy of Super Mario Bros.<\/a><\/strong> for NES sold for $114,000 USD. It set a new record for the most expensive video game ever sold. While most probably expected it to hold this record for some time, the highest price paid for a video game at auction has now been broken (again).<\/p>\n

Heritage Auctions revealed it sold a sealed copy of the 1990 NES game Super Mario Bros. 3<\/a><\/strong> on Friday for $156,000.<\/p>\n

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“The lot opened bidding at $62,500 \u2013 already an impressive sum for the game graded Wata 9.2 A+. But 20 bidders got in the game, sending the final price soaring toward the world record during what would become the world\u2019s first-ever million-dollar video-game auction.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Heritage Auctions’ director of video games, Valarie McLeckie, said the it was “no surprise” that another Mario game had set a new world record. This particular copy of the game is described as being in “remarkable” condition, but here’s what sets it apart from the rest:<\/p>\n

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“what makes this copy even more singular is the layout of the packaging itself: Exceedingly rare are sealed copies with the word \u201cBros.\u201d formatted to the left, covering one of Mario\u2019s signature white gloves. Collectors have spent years looking for such a version \u2013 the earliest in the Super Mario Bros. 3 production history \u2013 and usually come up empty-handed.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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So, there you go – another record-breaking sale. Of course, if you would like to relive Super Mario Bros. 3 yourself, you can always check it out on Nintendo’s Switch Online NES service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier this year in July, a sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. for NES sold for $114,000 USD. It set a new record for the most expensive video game ever sold. While most probably expected it to hold this record for some time, the highest price paid for a video game at auction has now […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}