{"id":2075,"date":"2026-06-13T19:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T19:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=2075"},"modified":"2026-06-13T19:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T19:14:16","slug":"super-mario-bros-3-million-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=2075","title":{"rendered":"Sealed Super Mario Bros. sells for a record $3 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">A copy of <em>Super Mario Bros.<\/em>, still in the box and sealed with its original sticker, just sold at Heritage Auctions for <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=1025X1701640&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcomics.ha.com%2Fitm%2Fvideo-games%2Fnintendo%2Fsuper-mario-bros-psa-96-a-sealed-gloss-sticker-second-production-with-control-deck-nes-nintendo-1985-usa%2Fa%2F7453-28025.s%3Fic%3Dhero-videoGames-superMario-clickHeroImage-7453-061226%23\" rel=\"sponsored\">$3 million<\/a>. That absolutely <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/copy-of-super-mario-bros-sells-for-3-million-in-auction-2000706228\">crushes<\/a> the previous record of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/8\/7\/22614450\/unopened-copy-super-mario-bros-sells-2-million-record\">$2 million<\/a>, also for a copy of <em>Super Mario Bros.<\/em>, in 2021. That sale also came hot on the heels of a controversial auction of <em>Super Mario 64<\/em> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/7\/11\/22572688\/super-mario-64-most-expensive-video-game-ever-heritage-auctions\">$1.56 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Part of what drove the price of this particular copy so high is that, according to Heritage Auctions, instead of shrink wrap, this 19895 second run was sealed with a glossy sticker, which was discontinued shortly after. The site claims it\u2019s the earliest known sealed copy of the game in existence. It\u2019s also graded at 9.6 A++ by Professional Sports Authenticator.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The price of vintage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/7\/9\/22570401\/legend-of-zelda-nes-sealed-copy-heritage-auctions-most-expensive-game\">gaming<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/3\/8\/21170206\/rare-nintendo-play-station-console-auction-sony\">collectibles<\/a> has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/7\/24\/22587929\/super-mario-64-heritage-auctions-most-expensive-wata-games\">skyrocketing<\/a> over the last few years. It was only in July of 2020 that Heritage Auctions set the record for the highest price paid for a game at auction, again, with a copy of <em>Super Mario Bros.<\/em>, for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/7\/10\/21320274\/super-mario-bros-sealed-copy-auction-record-most-expensive-game-ever\">$114,000<\/a>. Six years later, that seems like an absolute bargain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">If the winner of the auction decides to do the unthinkable and break the seal on the game, Heritage Auctions is throwing in an NES console.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/949593\/super-mario-bros-3-million-auction\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A copy of Super Mario Bros., still in the box and sealed with its original sticker, just sold at Heritage Auctions for $3 million. That absolutely crushes the previous record of $2 million, also for a copy of Super Mario Bros., in 2021. That sale also came hot on the heels of a controversial auction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[39,46,128],"class_list":["post-2075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-gaming","tag-news","tag-nintendo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sealed Super Mario Bros. sells for a record $3 million - Silvybrand Lifestyle Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The vintage gaming collectibles market keeps getting more ridiculous as a sealed Super Mario Bros. for the NES fetches $3 million at auction.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=2075\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sealed Super Mario Bros. sells for a record $3 million - 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