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Someone Spent $660,000 To Own This Copy of Super Mario Bros. – PCMag AU
The auction for the rare unopened copy of the NES title was originally bought over 30 years ago, and left forgotten in an office desk drawer.
(Credit: Heritage Auctions)
An unopened copy of Nintendos Super Mario Bros. has just been auctioned off for $660,000.
The insane amount obliterates the previous record for most money paid for a single video game, according to Heritage Auction, which facilitated the sale.
This particular Super Mario Bros. game copy was bought in the mid-1980s as a Christmas gift. However, the original owner ended up placing it inside a desk drawer only to forget about for the next 36 years. It stayed in the bottom…
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