On Friday, Heritage Auctions sold an unused game for PLN 660,000. dollars. The auctioneers say it is the best-preserved copy of the game that has ever been auctioned.
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The game was bought in 1986. It was supposed to be a Christmas gift, but it was put away in the drawer of the desk where it had been lying for several decades. It was only found in its original plastic packaging at the beginning of this year. Unopened copy of Nintendo Super Mario Bros. was put up for auction and sold for $ 660,000.
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Because the production window for this copy and others like it was so short, finding another copy from the same production series in a similar condition would be like looking for a single drop of water in the ocean, said Valarie McLeckie, who evaluates the value of games at Heritage Auctions.
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This copy of Super Mario Bros was from one of the earliest game series. 13 people took part in the auction. The winner decided to pay $ 660,000 for a copy of Mario. Out of the entire amount, as much as 550,000 dollars went to the seller of the title.
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Heritage Auctions say it is the most expensive Super Mario known to have been professionally priced at an auction. The previous copy of this game was valued at 546 thousand. dollars, or 114 thousand. cheaper. It was also an unopened copy of Super Mario, but produced in 1987. It was sold by Heritage Auctions last summer.
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Super Mario Bros. is considered one of the most popular games in the world, produced by Nintendo since 1985. In Super Mario Bros. the player takes control of the plumber Mario, whose goal is to save the princess Toadstool kidnapped by Bowser.
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