Super Mario Bros. Nintendo Game From 1986 Auctions for $660,000

The unopened Super Mario Bros. was bought as a Christmas gift but ended up being placed in a desk drawer for over three decades.

By Associated Press | Updated: 3 April 2021 19:19 IST

Super Mario Bros. Nintendo Game From 1986 Auctions for $660,000

This is said to be the finest copy of Super Mario Bros. to have been professionally graded for auction

Highlights

The game was bought as a Christmas gift in 1986
It ended up sitting in a drawer for over three decades
Another unopened copy of the game produced in 1987 sold for much less

An unopened copy of Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. that was bought in 1986 and then forgotten about in a desk drawer for over three decades has been sold at an auction for $660,000 (roughly Rs. 4.8 crores). Heritage Auctions in Dallas said the video game sold Friday.

The auction house said the video game was bought as a Christmas gift but ended up being placed in a desk drawer, where it remained sealed in plastic and with its hang tab intact until it was found earlier this year.

"Since the production window for this copy and others like it was so short, finding another copy from this same production run in similar condition would be akin to looking for a single drop of water in an ocean," said Valarie McLeckie, Heritage's video game specialist.

Heritage said it is the finest copy known to have been professionally graded for auction. Its selling price far exceeded the $114,000 (roughly Rs. 83 lakhs) that another unopened copy that was produced in 1987 fetched in a Heritage auction last summer.

"As soon as this copy of Super Mario Bros. arrived at Heritage, we knew the market would find it just as sensational as we did," said McLeckie. "Even so, the degree to which this game was embraced outside the market has been nothing short of exceptional, and that aspect of this sale has certainly exceeded our expectations. Though, I suppose we can't be too shocked; who doesn't love Mario?"

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