A copy of Super Mario 64 just sold for over $ 1 million

Super Mario 64 is a good game. But would you pay $ 1.5 million for a copy of it? Probably not. But someone just did.

Today a highly rated and completely sealed copy of the classic Nintendo 64 Super Mario 64 sold at auction for a breathtaking price of $ 1,560,000. This breaks the previous record for a single video game auction, owned by an ultra-rare copy of The Legend Zelda and was fixed a few days ago. This rare game sold for an impressive sale price of $ 870,000 on July 9th.

Auctioned through the renowned Heritage Auctions auction house, this copy of Super Mario 64 received a 9.8 rating on the Wata scale. Due to this high rating, Heritage Auctions says it is one of the less than five known sealed copies in such incredible condition. The auction began on July 9 and ended today, July 11. Even before the auction began, this copy of Mario 64 has been hit the headlines with its starting price of $ 100,000.

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After selling for 1.5 million today, this new record for a single video game auction breaks the just-set record of $ 870,000. Prior to that, the record was held by a NES copy of super mario bros which sold for $ 660,000 in April of this year. The new record of $ 1.5 million is more than double the old record set in April and almost double the more recent record of $ 870,000.

All this money spent on old video games is making me a little sick. I can only imagine what even a fraction of all that money could do to help so many people around the world. But people like hide their possessions and wealth in strange ways, I understand. (I mean, I don’t understand. I’m not rich.)

It’s not just video games that sell for huge prices at online auction houses. Pokémon cards are more and more expensive, with rare cards for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Like rare video games, these prices are also skyrocketing month after month. At this rate, it’s very likely that in the next few months I’ll be blogging about a video game or Pokémon card that sold for $ 5 million.

I have never regretted selling all of my old video games and Pokémon cards again.