What a difference a slightly better grade, and four months, can make. The Dallas-based auction house did sell one sealed Wata 9.0 A copy of this variant in July – for the all-in price of $38,400. 3 production history – and usually come up empty-handed. Collectors have spent years looking for such a version – the earliest in the Super Mario Bros. While the condition of the game is remarkable, what makes this copy even more singular is the layout of the packaging itself: Exceedingly rare are sealed copies with the word 'Bros.' formatted to the left, covering one of Mario's signature white gloves. But 20 bidders got in the game, sending the final price soaring toward the world record during what would become the world's first-ever million-dollar video-game auction. The lot opened bidding at $62,500 – already an impressive sum for the game graded Wata 9.2 A+. 'That said, it's no surprise that another Mario game, which so many of us grew up with, would set the new bar.' 'We couldn't be more pleased about breaking the world record for the second time in the same year,' says Valarie McLeckie, Heritage Auctions' Director of Video Games. It was one of the last arcade machines made by Nintendo before they announced they would stop making coin-op equipment in 1992. 3 box that sold this past week, courtesy of Heritage Auctions. The Nintendo Pla圜hoice-10 is an arcade machine that consists of ten different games that had previously only been available on the Nintendo Entertainment System.

We have more info on the sale below, but it looks like the price for the particular version just went up for everyone holding onto one. Usually, the word is over the space above his head, and that one simple graphical error on the part of a designer one day has turned this version of the game into a sought-out prize. In case you're not familiar with the rarity of this box, this is a rare variant cover where the word 'Bros.' is over Mario's right hand.

Heritage Auctions are boasting the sale of a rare sealed variant of Super Mario Bros.

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