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News - Sealed Copy Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Sells For $156,000 - xSicKxBot - 11-22-2020
Sealed Copy Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Sells For $156,000
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<p>Earlier this year <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/07/this_sealed_copy_of_super_mario_bros_just_sold_for_usd114000">in July</a>, a sealed copy of <strong><a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/games/nes/super_mario_bros">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>
<p>Heritage Auctions revealed it sold a sealed copy of the 1990 NES game <strong><a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/games/nes/super_mario_bros_3">Super Mario Bros. 3</a></strong> on Friday for $156,000.</p>
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<p>“The lot opened bidding at $62,500 – 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’s first-ever million-dollar video-game auction.”</p>
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<p>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>
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<p>“what makes this copy even more singular is the layout of the packaging itself: Exceedingly rare are sealed copies with the word “Bros.” formatted to the left, covering one of Mario’s signature white gloves. Collectors have spent years looking for such a version – the earliest in the Super Mario Bros. 3 production history – and usually come up empty-handed.”</p>
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<p>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>
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https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2020/11/21/sealed-copy-of-super-mario-bros-3-sells-for-156000/