China News Service, July 12 (Xinhua) According to foreign media reports, a box of "Super Mario" game cassettes produced by Nintendo of Japan in 1985 was sold at a price of $114,000 at an auction in Dallas, USA.
According to reports, the auction was held by the American Heritage Auction Company, and an anonymous buyer photographed the unopened game cartridge.
The American Heritage Auction Company published on the official website that 35 years ago, the Super Mario game cassette was sold for $114,000. (Picture taken from the official website of the American Heritage Auction Company)
The American Heritage Auction Company said that the newly auctioned version of the Super Mario game cartridge is very rare, and it is almost perfectly preserved in a sealed plastic package.
According to reports, the transaction price of the game cartridge broke the previous auction record of the American Heritage Auction Company. In 2019, an unopened game cartridge for "Super Mario" was sold at a price of $10.015 million.