Another Super Mario Bros. game. now holds the title of the most expensive ever sold

Super Mario Bros. 3 Now holds the title of the most expensive game of all time, after a 1990 sealed copy sold for $ 156,000 at an auction last Friday. The auction started at $ 62,500 and 20 bidders participated in the auction. The NES game broke the previous record holder, Super Mario Bros., which sold for $ 114,000 in July.

According to Heritage Auctions, which sold the game, the game’s record price depended on several factors. The first was its relatively rare box design, which has the word “Bros.” formatted left on its front, where it slightly obscures Mario’s hand. Later versions moved the word to the center-right.

However, this rarer design only explains part of the price, as one of these variants sold on the Auction House in July for just $ 38,400. What explains the rest of the value seems to be the condition in which it was sold. The game received a Wata 9.2 A + rating for its condition, which assesses both the quality of the box and the quality of its original seal. The previous version, meanwhile, had a slightly lower rating of Wata 9.0 A.

Next to Super Mario Bros. 3, a sealed copy of Pokémon Red has become the most expensive Pokemon game sold when purchased for $ 84,000 at Friday’s auction. Heritage Auctions doesn’t mention if there was anything unique about this particular version, but it appears to have been sold in remarkably good condition, with a rating of Wata 9.8 A ++.