Sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. sells at auction for a record $3 million

A sealed copy of the video game Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Entertainment System sold at Heritage Auctions for $3 million.

This was reported by Imagine Games Network. 

It is the highest price ever paid for a video game at an open auction.

What is known about the lot

The sold copy of Super Mario Bros. had a PSA 9.6 A++ grade from Professional Sports Authenticator and surpassed the previous record of $2 million, set in 2021.

According to the publication, this is the earliest confirmed sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. from the game’s second production run, which went on sale in early 1986. The copy was discovered just a few months ago inside an unopened NES Control Deck, where it had sat for nearly 40 years.

This is the first sealed copy from that run to appear at public auction. 

Along with the game, the buyer also received the original NES Control Deck console, in which the Super Mario Bros. copy was found.

More about Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros. — a video game developed by Nintendo in 1985 for the NES (Dendy) console.

In the game, the Italian plumber Mario (or his brother Luigi) sets off through the Mushroom Kingdom to rescue a princess from the villain Bowser.

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