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Rare Sealed Super Mario Bros for NES sells at auction for $100,150

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Chessguy1

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DALLAS, Texas (February 14, 2019) — An unopened copy of Super Mario Bros., the classic video game released by Nintendo in 1985, set a world record for a graded game when it recently sold for $100,150.

Due to its popularity, Nintendo reprinted Super Mario Bros. from 1985 to 1994 numerous times, resulting in 11 different box variations. The first two variations are "sticker sealed" copies that were only available in the New York and L.A. test market launch of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1985 and 1986. Of all the sealed copies of Super Mario Bros., this is the only known "sticker sealed" copy and was certified by wata games with a Near Mint grade of 9.4 and a "Seal Rating" of A++.

"Not only are all of NES sticker sealed game' extremely rare, but by their nature of not being sealed in shrink wrap they usually exhibit significant wear after more than 30 years," Thrower said. "This game may be the condition census of all sticker sealed NES games known to exist."
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https://www.ha.com/heritage-auction...orld-record-price-of-100-150.s?releaseId=3583

Kotaku (Chris Kohler) also did a story on it with a few more details
https://kotaku.com/sealed-copy-of-super-mario-bros-sells-for-a-record-bre-1832635737
 
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it's crazy that there still exists a box in such pristine shape. I know there are some crazy mother fuckers out there, but you'd think time would have done something
 

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Ruined by that vga bullshit over the box. I mean literally, that outer case cant be removed without destroying the box now.
 

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Cugel said:
What, why ? Isn't it just a plastic box you open?
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No, VGA seal boxes are cemented to the package. They're impossible to open. This is a huge deal in video game collecting circles, where VGA is usually seen as generally a bad thing. You can't open them without literally destroying the box inside, it's a reason collectors hate this stuff. They literally require a hammer and crowbar to open.

Funnily enough, their grading packaging also isn't air tight sealed, so moisture tends to get trapped in these in humid environments, and they also aren't UV resistant (it's just normal-ass plastic) so they still get affected by UV fading.

Basically, boxes that look like collectors packaging in other industries (baseball cards, stamps, etc) except with none of the actual features of those types of packaging, with the added downside that they destroy the original contents of the box if you try to open them.
 
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Krejlooc said:
No, VGA seal boxes are cemented to the package. They're impossible to open. This is a huge deal in video game collecting circles, where VGA is usually seen as generally a bad thing. You can't open them without literally destroying the box inside, it's a reason collectors hate this stuff. They literally require a hammer and crowbar to open.

Funnily enough, their grading packaging also isn't air tight sealed, so moisture tends to get trapped in these in humid environments, and they also aren't UV resistant (it's just normal-ass plastic) so they still get affected by UV fading.

Basically, boxes that look like collectors packaging in other industries (baseball cards, stamps, etc) except with none of the actual features of those types of packaging, with the added downside that they destroy the original contents of the box if you try to open them.
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Wow, that's nuts. What a scam.
 
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