Anonymous buyer paid 2 million dollars for an unpacked copy of the platformer Super Mario Bros.1985 for the NES.
The cartridge became the most expensive sold video game in history, breaking the previous record, set less than a month ago, when a sealed Super Mario 64 went under the hammer for $ 1.56 million.
Punks, X-Men, Declarations, and some news …
? A NEW WORLD RECORD on Rally?
… w / the $ 2,000,000 sale of our 1985 Super Mario Bros., marking the HIGHEST PRICE EVER PAID for a video game of any title.
Read more in todays New York Times (cc: @nytimes): https://t.co/mJzEcVMXuQ pic.twitter.com/segsfw6Jw9
– Rally (@OnRallyRd) August 6, 2023
Moreover, if then the vintage lot was sold through an auction, then in this case we are talking about a different type of purchase.
The fact is that the seller of the rare game was the platform Rally, which works as follows: buys a collectible item of interest, which is of a certain value, turns it into a “company” and places an “initial offer”, in the frame of which those who wish can purchase a share in the shares of this product. When an offer is received from the outside to purchase a certain lot, investors vote among themselves to accept or reject it.
The site was originally purchased by Super Mario Bros. for $ 140,000 in April last year, and recently the shareholders of the lot approved its sale to a collector who wished to remain anonymous.
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