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Copy of Super Mario 64 Sold for Over $1.5 Million, Most Ever Paid for a Video Game

posted by chromas on Monday July 12 2021, @01:29PM   
from the stonks dept.

martyb writes:

A copy of 'Super Mario 64' sold for over $1.5 million, the most ever paid for a video game:

A copy of "Super Mario 64" has sold for more than $1.5 million, smashing the record for the most expensive sale ever of a video game at auction.

The sealed copy of the classic Nintendo 64 video game fetched $1.56 million including fees on Sunday.

Dallas-based auction house Heritage said it was the first time a game had gone for more than $1 million. The sale topped a record set just two days ago, when another Nintendo game, "The Legend of Zelda," was sold for $870,000, the auctioneers said.

[...] "After the record-breaking sale of the first game in the Zelda series on Friday, the possibility of surpassing $1 million on a single video game seemed like a goal that would need to wait for another auction," Heritage Auctions video games specialist Valarie McLeckie said in a statement.

"We were shocked to see that it turned out to be in the same one! We are proud to have been a part of this historic event," she added.

Previously:
"Legend of Zelda" Auction Sets Bar for the Most Expensive Video Game at $870,000
Unopened Super Mario Bros. Game from 1986 Sells for $660,000

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• Re:Nuts (Score: 3, Touché) by Tork on Monday July 12 2021, @03:15PM

  by Tork (3914) on Monday July 12 2021, @03:15PM (#1155314)

  Are we really gonna be judgmental over collectors? I mean we're the sort that gets into online squabbles over smartphone operating systems, if I got put in my place by a dude with that sorta disposable cash I'd have a hard time coming up with a worthy comeback.

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