Super Mario Bros. 3 cartridge sells for $ 156,000

A rare copy of Super Mario Bros. 3 for NES is the new king of video game auctions, which sold last Friday for an incredible $ 156,000.

While much of that price is shrouded in the sealed set’s near-perfect quality rating, this copy Super Mario Bros. 3 Also comes from an early production run that saw the ‘Bros. in the logo aligned to the left rather than the right, which is apparently a big deal.

“Copies of that game with ‘Bros.’ formatted left on the front of the box (above Mario’s glove) are very rarely found in a sealed condition, and many collectors have been on the prowl for years, but often run dry, ” the Heritage auction list reads. “When a sealed copy arrives, it brings a considerable premium over the last“ good brothers ”. version, because this version is considerably rarer [sic]. “

The dearest “good brothers” go through Heritage Auctions sold for a measly $ 21,600 in September of this year, just to get a feel for the difference a little logo tweak can make.

Back in July, a sealed copy of the original Super Mario Bros. for NES broke records by raising $ 114,000 for its seller. Super Mario Bros. 3 now holds the record for the most expensive video game of all time, pending completion of this transaction.

I can’t think of a single video game that’s worth that much money, but then again, I am not the founder of Pets.com.