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Unopened Super Mario Bros. game from 1986 sells at auction for $660,000
Posted on 4/3/21 at 5:38 pm
Posted on 4/3/21 at 5:38 pm
CNet Story
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Retro games can fetch a hefty price at auctions, but a pristine, never-opened copy of Super Mario Bros. for the NES raised the bar.
A game that cost $25 when it first came out in 1985 sold for more than half a million dollars thanks to a few important factors.
A sealed Super Mario Bros. for the NES went for $660,000 at an auction Friday, according to Heritage Auctions.
The Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction featured several classic video games in mint condition, but this copy of Mario's first adventure in the Mushroom Kingdom brought in the big money.
The reason for its big price tag was an unused hangtab on the back of the case along with it being the fourth version of Super Mario Bros. produced, according to Heritage Auctions.
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Posted on 4/3/21 at 5:39 pm to LegendInMyMind
They’ll be blowing dust out of that thing in no time...
Posted on 4/3/21 at 5:40 pm to LegendInMyMind
OT poor
Posted on 4/3/21 at 5:43 pm to LegendInMyMind
Nintendo just had a big 35 year anniversary event for Mario
so the timing of that probably helped drive the price up more
so the timing of that probably helped drive the price up more
Posted on 4/3/21 at 5:44 pm to rt3
Can you imagine if you collected unopened NES games in the 80s instead of baseball cards?
Posted on 4/3/21 at 5:46 pm to gobuxgo5
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Can you imagine if you collected unopened NES games in the 80s instead of baseball cards?
Zelda/Link games will be next
by the way... Duck Hunt was GOAT
Posted on 4/3/21 at 5:46 pm to LegendInMyMind
I could buy a 1959 Les Paul Sunburst guitar for that amount!!
Posted on 4/3/21 at 5:51 pm to LegendInMyMind
Nostalgic items are selling at crazy prizes right now. If you had the time, you could easily make a decent living just buying and selling cards right now.
Posted on 4/3/21 at 5:55 pm to GeauxldMember
Me and a couple of other folks played Defender for 32 hours straight one time. It seemed like about 8. Time flies when you are having fun.
Posted on 4/3/21 at 5:55 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
I’ve got Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt, Super Mario 3, and Kid Icarus in a box at home. Opened of course, but they still work. Any idea how much they are worth?
Posted on 4/3/21 at 5:57 pm to rt3
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Zelda/Link games will be next
Yeah, the next truly excellent Zelda game I’m buying two copies of it at launch and will sell it 30 years later.
Posted on 4/3/21 at 5:57 pm to Allthatfades
Take a look at eBay to get an idea of what you can get for them not at auction. Kid Icarus was pretty sought after not too long ago.
Posted on 4/3/21 at 5:59 pm to LegendInMyMind
Imagine the hookers and blow Mario and Luigi just bought you
Posted on 4/3/21 at 6:01 pm to LegendInMyMind
I’d pay that for Super Mario 64 but not that shitty game
Posted on 4/3/21 at 6:01 pm to OMLandshark
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Yeah, the next truly excellent Zelda game I’m buying two copies of it at launch and will sell it 30 years later.
I actually have the Special Edition Breath of the Wild box set unopened and put away for that exact reason. Was able to get my hands on it for preorder and then got the regular game to play on my Switch.
Posted on 4/3/21 at 6:03 pm to LegendInMyMind
I still have a Simon game.. no box..
Posted on 4/3/21 at 6:14 pm to Champagne
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Les Paul Sunburst
With the pick guard off... my first electric... best action ever, man I miss it
Posted on 4/3/21 at 6:30 pm to rt3
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Duck Hunt was GOAT
My GOAT was Excitebike, Tetris, Duck Hunt then Mario Brothers
This post was edited on 4/3/21 at 6:31 pm
Posted on 4/3/21 at 6:33 pm to Allthatfades
That collection will fetch you about $50 at your local resell shop. I just bought Mario 3 for my kids recently for about $20. They have had a blast playing it.
Posted on 4/3/21 at 6:34 pm to Allthatfades
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Any idea how much they are worth?
$350
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