Did This $3 Million Super Mario Bros. Sale Bring the Market Back?

A sealed Super Mario Bros. gloss-sticker copy just sold at Heritage Auctions for $3 million, setting a new public-auction record for a video game. But does one sale this big mean the graded video game market is back? In 2021, prices exploded. A Super Mario 64 sold for $1.56 million, controversy followed, confidence disappeared, and many sealed games later sold for fractions of their previous highs. Now, years after the crash, collectors showed up again. Another Super Mario Bros. hangtab sold for $575,000. A first-production Legend of Zelda sold for $375,000. Slalom sold for $75,000. Breath of the Wild sold for $20,000. So was this just one extraordinary trophy game, or is confidence returning to the highest end of video game collecting? In this episode, I break down the $3 million sale, the history of the copy, the Wata and Heritage controversy, the crash that followed, and what these new results may actually mean for the market. Super Minty: https://superminty.com Instagram:   / supermintyworld   Join The Discord:   / discord   #SuperMarioBros #VideoGameCollecting #RetroGaming #HeritageAuctions #GradedGames #Nintendo #SuperMinty