A rare copy of Super Mario Bros. 3 for NES is the new king of video game auctions, selling for a staggering $ 156,000 last Friday.
While much of that price is included in the sealed game’s near-perfect quality rating, this is a copy of the Super Mario Bros. 3 also comes from an early production run in which the “Bros.” Left rather than right in the logo, which is apparently a pretty big deal.
“Copies of this game with ‘Bros.’ Formatted on the left of the front of the box (on top of Mario’s glove), are very rarely in a sealed condition, and many collectors have been looking for years, but often come out dry. ” The list of Heritage Auctions is. “If a sealed copy comes out, it brings a high premium compared to the later ‘real Bros.’ version as this version is much rarer [sic]. ”
The most expensive “real bros.” Go through Heritage Auctions sold for a paltry $ 21,600 in September this year just to get an idea of the difference a little logo tweak can make.
A sealed copy of the original in July Super mario bros. for NES broke records when it grossed $ 114,000 for his seller. Super Mario Bros. 3 now holds the record for most expensive video game ever until this transaction is completed.
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I can’t think of a single video game worth that much money, but then again I am not the founder of Pets.com.
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