Vintage Super Mario Bros. video game sells for $114,000
LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 28: Vintage Nintendo Game Boy Game characters seen for sale during London Film and Comic Con 2019 at Olympia London on July 28, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Ollie Millington/Getty Images)
DALLAS - An unopened copy of a vintage Super Mario Bros. video game has been sold for $114,000 in an auction that underscored the enduring popularity of entertainment created decades ago.
A bidder who wished to remain anonymous snapped up an early version of the pioneering Super Mario Bros. game released in 1985 for Nintendo's NES console during an auction conducted Friday by Dallas-based Heritage Auctions.
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The $114,000 price eclipsed Heritage Auctions' previous record amount for a video game, which was a $100,150 bid made early last year for an unopened copy of the same game.