Sealed Super Mario Bros. for NES Sells for $100,000

[@PatTheNESpunk]

What do you think of this sale? Is it a watermark for game collecting, or simply a one-off given the circumstance of the buyers involved? ✅More info @bit.ly/2Xch1d7

[@mrt9539]

Pat I love you, but did you say you turned down almost 80 THOUSAND for the gold cart? Is Castle Contri actually a REAL castle cause thats life changing money to the 99% Hahaa

[@emboop2346]

..mad max now 75usd..and they have ljn games the punisher going at 290usd right now ...possibly the scumbag of the year already

[@EmoKakyo]

Someone whom wants to flip his 'collection' later down the line

[@jwrkn32]

It's hard to believe that games would go for that price all I can say Is I love playing games I would never pay that for any game

[@herbiehusker1889]

Wow. What a waste of money. I could buy like 6,000 copies of Gangster Town for the Sega Master System for that amount of money.

[@herbiehusker1889]

@Gary Davis I don't know what you're talking about. ;) It's more fun to rib Pat about this than bug Ian about the part of the Ranch Dressing story we'll never hear.

[@theswapmeetflea]

That's Scalper talk , You're one of them!!! 😂🤣

[@DarkSoul-ds2]

I'd rather buy 10k copies Shrek 3 on bluray

[@FIXTREME]

You could buy 1,000,000 copies of Combat

[@herbiehusker1889]

@@DarkSoul-ds2 that's money well spent

[@FinalBaton]

Great discussion. This auction/transaction was obviously done for mainly 2 reasons. 1 : increase the value of sealed games, and 2 : make publicity for WATA & Heritage. Also I thought you guys point of "sealed games collecting is not videogame collecting" was really interesting

[@broznar1019]

yeah sounds like an insider deal just to create a buzz. "hey everyone, I just sold a sealed Gyromite copy for 25,000$$$$! to whom? oh private sale, confidential, I can't say..."

[@RP_Williams]

I dunno...i'd think there's lot's of real gamers (who play at least several hours every week) that have at least two copies of most of their games (one for playing, one simply for collecting sake). I used to buy two, whenever possible, back when I collected comics as a teenager (one to read whenever I wanted, one for collecting).

[@gamerxt333]

they brought a box and wrapper for 100,000 unless they open it

[@vanmennace]

You are absolutely right about that. You can buy a decent home for 100k in the houston area

[@ImmortalInflames]

I guess time will tell, after all people have bought some really expensive weird shit before..

[@mobious01]

It will go down in price

[@NESADDICT]

That is insane to pay that much, I don't care how rare it is .

[@k4qdex]

humans are stupid. what did you expect

[@ImmortalInflames]

Regardless of price and supposed worth, I am glad it exist.

[@JC-qu5lv]

I guess it's rare, but there is plenty of rare stuff that's worth absolutely nothing like my used starbucks cup that has my fingerprints on it. There isn't another exact one of those in the world. Who wants to buy it for 100K? So in my mind it comes down to someone/collectors with a lot of money just wanting it for what it is i guess.

[@vanmennace]

Pat if someone offered me 80k for a nes game it would be sold. Especially one that is just really there for bragging rights and not really something you will play.

[@MrCornWolf]

Right, I've always said if I find one of these obscenely priced games it's going to be sold by that weeks end. I don't need clout or bragging rights lol. I actually recently just sold my entire nes and Snes collection because I hadn't played them in like 2 years figured some one else would enjoy them more

[@vanmennace]

@@MrCornWolf 80k is more then I make in a year lol. It would be awesome to come across one and like you mine would be sold fast. Be like winning the lotto. Lol

[@gamerxt333]

so your basically paying for box and wrapper like its a painting or something

[@coretrayn3051]

@@vanmennace 80k is more than like 80 percent of America makes in a year. I think Pat wanted it for the love of collecting honestly and he will sell it for a hefty sum when he wants to get rid of it.

[@vanmennace]

@@coretrayn3051 I was leaning more on the line of I don't believe it lol.

[@dr.rotwang]

I'm going to laugh so hard if Tim Atwood announces he has a case of these sitting in his garage.

[@subzero8679]

He has 82 SEALED cases of them.

[@wantsomecorn]

What's up with Tim these days? Haven't heard much about him in the past year or so.

[@TBustah]

@@wantsomecorn That's probably a good thing. If we haven't heard from him, it means that there aren't any buttwads who need to be put in their place right now.

[@TheArceusftw]

Okay, It may be because I'm an absolute Plebeian when it comes to stuff like "Collector's value" but sealed or not, $100,000 for a copy of Super Mario bros. is an outrageous asking price, and absurd price inflation like that is why it's hard to get into retro game collecting!(Doesn't matter to me because I had the game on Virtual console) But still, you have to be an ABSOLUTE BOOB to pay that much for Super Mario Bros.!

[@subzero8679]

I agree. It's just Super Mario Bros. Nothing more. That sealed copy shit is ridiculous.

[@Khazadum246]

Just like when people pay over $400 million for a Da Vinci painting or $180 million for a Picasso. They're just paintings...

[@hopposai787]

haven't watched the video yet, but it wouldn't be the first. what makes it so rare is thar SMB became a pack in game very early on, so there werent alot of boxed copies around. on top of that most of those had the tab on the back pulled out to hang on the hook at the store. to find an undamaged sealed box of smb, is one of the rarest finds you can get.

[@JC-qu5lv]

I do think it's odd that it specifically was just because of the sticker still being intact. I've seen them with the sticker still on it but cut or opened. So it does seem odd that just to have a sticker still holding it together would shoot it up so much. I could see if it was a prototype, one of a kind, or incredibly rare, but nothing really changes with the game/box/even sticker other than if the adhesive is still holding or not.

[@bud9450]

@@hopposai787 💯. Almost seems to good to be true

[@andrewmackenzie6319]

Thanks for destroying the value of my sealed Adams family!

[@keard558]

Good

[@jameswarner5878]

The seller brought it to Pawn Stars and wanted 1,000,000. He ended up selling for 10% of what he said would be his minimum.

[@k24civic]

I miss pre 2010 prices 😢

[@RagPlaysGames]

Fools and their money are easily parted.

[@_arkel7374]

It was Martin, not Nelson

[@Crunchy_Punch]

Well the world is safe again, but... for how long?

[@raggededge82]

I hope someone got fired for that blunder

[@doctorfeinstone6524]

I'm sorry but if you spend 100k on a game, you deserve to be plagued with financial hardship

[@scottmoise]

I collect game's and i have collected coins for thirty years....i dont believe in grading either because no matter the rules set down its still subjective opinion by someone on what they think the condition is...i would rather have my games playable and my coins in a state i can hold them without a plastic case obscuring my view...the grade and condition therefore is my opinion only and that's all that counts...collect what you like and not what others think you should...your money you collection.

[@HEXONE4LIFE]

This is beyond ridiculous.

[@boektanasie]

Ian is the kind of guy that never learned to drive a car, and doesn't have a license. And if he did, he drives like a Corolla from the late 90' with a brown/rust colour. The odometer is on 220K and the plastic rim covers fell off.

[@callak_9974]

The 3 Simpsons characters that bought the 1st issue of Radioactive Man together was Bart, Milhouse and Martin. Not Nelson.

[@raggededge82]

I hope someone got fired for that blunder

[@subzero8679]

It's not a video game unless you can play it. That thing is slabbed in a case and can't be opened very easily. It will never be played. It's a graded Super Mario Bros. box to me. Worthless. The cartridge inside is worth a little bit. I'd give that person $10 bucks for it.

[@retroprogamer7009]

Stuff like that makes every game just more expensive. Now people who dont know it better think that their Mario is worth more than it it :P And that raises the prices for everything else they might have.

[@RustyX2010]

now Goodwill prices for NES games will skyrocket!

[@StormriderVarskil1]

Can one determine that a certain "sealed" game has not been faked? One can't just open it to find out.

[@alexiswritingvideos]

StormriderVarskil You just gave me an idea I’ll be right back...

[@DergEnterprises]

I think it would be funny if your friend that collects cases of NES games came out with a dozen cases, sealed.

[@attackofthetheeyecreatures3472]

I'm just surprised it's still relevant enough to be "worth" that much. I figured that NES game prices would be much lower now.

[@Isaac_E_M]

Hey guys did you hear Reggie is retiring. Hes such a great guy and I wish him well.

[@cyberexistenz4826]

Bullshit like this is the reason, I turned my back on collecting.

[@thomaskiser3886]

This item was on pawn stars and the guy wanted 1 million for it!

[@skyisthelimit3255]

Yeah just seen that also

[@Abonanno24601]

I just saw it too.

[@spoonhanz]

Definitely a conflict of interest

[@sw204me]

How the fuck do you turn down $80k for a video game that you only paid $13k for?

[@awwrelic]

I get e-mail from Heritage at least every few days, and last month I started getting ads for their (then-upcoming) games auction involving WATA and the "Indiana Collection", which this game may have been a part of. When I got the press release of this game selling for this exorbitant amount I didn't catch anything involving who bought it. Now that we know, I am not surprised that Heritage themselves MIGHT be gilding the lily, as it were :)

[@k24civic]

On the notion of the complete graded set. There was a pretty hardcore sealed collector i think it was “bronty” on your home away from home nintendoage. He was in home stretch for full sealed ntsc set a few years ago. If anyone is doin it it would be him.

[@PatTheNESpunk]

I used to argue with Bronty about sealed game collecting - and he conceded that it was different from regular video game collecting. He got close to completing the set but has since sold off his collection, I believe.

[@retrogamerfan123]

Suprised no mention of the solid gold Wii that was sent to the queen of England and was lost but recently found

[@JC-qu5lv]

@Pat, are you gonna get the NWC Gold WATA graded?

[@quibquatch3975]

$100,000? Wtf is wrong with human beings. In 50 years this will be worthless.

[@bio-plasmictoad5311]

Exactly, it don't make any sense really.

[@phillip5245]

Ha! Jokes on them, the Earth will be reduced to a radioactive cinder by then.

[@TheRukus37]

I believe that the only thing that really matters is if the buyer thinks it is worth it.

[@BadfingerFan]

The game won't be worthless in 50 years, but I'd be surprised if it were worth more than $500.00. So compared to $100,000, that is near worthless. If SMB really did sell for $100,000, that is bubble value and then some. When will people learn to recognize bubbles? Things change--The bubbles burst--They always do. $100,000 for SMB is bubble value.

[@richardtheconquerer]

@RaniaIsAwesome it's MUCH different from watches and coins because far more people collect those things than sealed video games. As they said, most video game collectors don't even collect sealed games. It's a niche of a niche of a niche

[@notyoursavior78]

This just proves some people have more money than they deserve. I mean this game is common AF even for a sealed copy, I don't care. My older brother told me this last week and I was like there had to be some gimmick to it because that's just absurd. So it's a first print run? Ok still not that impressed heh it's Super Mario Bros 1! Oh well.

[@tragedian7515]

How do we even know if the nes library will be sought after in game collecting in the future? It makes sense in the way that it's the first nintendo console and one of the first consoles to have some artistic appeal (atari games were never pretty), but will that actually be enough for future generations to give a toss about the nes?

[@startyde]

I think it's more nuanced than "everyone will want a Zelda or Mario or Halo" in the future and nothing else. Someone is always looking for something. A sealed Guilty Gear for PS1 hit almost $800 recently, likely because the new Xrd games and BDZ fighter from ArcSys has brought the studio into new light, and with it, new fans of their older work. You never see a sealed copy of Arcana, an early RPG from HAL, and when you do it goes for insane amounts despite the game itself being 20-30 loose. The moral of the story is physical games are on the way out. We're entering a digital era when noone will really own anything anymore, so pristine examples of physical games will become more attractive in time, as they represent a lost era. Sure there are hundreds of thousands printed, but keeping them mint, even sealed over decades will be harder and harder and command a premium. I like sealed collecting and collector's because it serves as a form of preservation. If you want to play a game, there are numerous ways to do so, the medium lends itself to rather easy replication.

[@xenos_n.]

Sealed game collecting is historical artifact collecting. If you never plan to open it and play it, it's not game collecting.

[@klownboi785]

Video games are NOT a long term investment. The retro market fluctuates so much in such a short period of time.

[@mopar_or_no_car5272]

Wow that's insane. I actually have a sealed one too but it's the original shrink wrapped one not the plastic container.. Still has the funco land sticker on it too . Wish I knew what it was worth and would list it on eBay.

[@Mitjitsu]

Wonder how long it will be before we see the first million+ sale price for a video game?

[@jlrvintagevinyl3552]

Dude went on pawn stars trying to sell it for $1,000,000

[@janbuysse3921]

I totally don't understand the concept of 'sealed' collecting. It's a game, you should play it and have fun with it. If you collected it as an asset, that is pathetic

[@Jonathan900S]

I agree most of the time.. I use most of my things

[@VVhistory]

Pat, the deal is: these 2 guys are partners, one "is suppose" to buy the game online, where millions can see the transaction, then the guy that bought this game will raise the price more, because now the game has the value it was first acquired for and anybody will buy it now...im fewer words, the game is rare but not worth 100k but since that's the first price acquired it has value now, how i figured this out, well, you said the buyer has some game auction bizz going on wich makes sense, it is a legal scam, remember someone bought a Cheetos with harambe's shape for 30k.

[@TheSaltySeaman]

2:15 Ian’s eyes when he hears Pat say he’s been offered 80 grand for the Nwc gold.

[@lazloryder]

Pat “which is fine...”Contri Ian “it’s not that I don’t think it’s worth that” Ferguson

[@S_Evenwar]

This doesn't apply to sealed, but when they grade a video game do they actually play it through to completion to make sure everything is intact? That PCB could have been through who knows what. Too hot, too cold. That to me is why sealed is pretty much worthless. You could have a collection of broken/unplayable games but you would never know.

[@Grace-nf7hu]

I'm not a fan of graded games; but I have noticed that the market is growing; a couple of years ago they started showing up on ebay, now I see them in sold listings fairly regularly. In comics, there is a market for graded near mint copies of insignificant books. Graded 9.8 copies of books you can get for $1 do sell for $50... maybe something similar will happen in games as well.

[@PatTheNESpunk]

But then the seller/buyer has simply paid for the grading/slab service. The value of the comic remains really the same.

[@Grace-nf7hu]

Almost. These books go for a bit more than the cost of grading + the raw book cost, so a seller could make some money. Comic book slabbing really only makes sense for books worth a few hundred dollars or more, but this other market has grown out of it. It's possible it could happen with games too.

[@DangerDave-e7u]

Black box game!

[@furydeath]

SEAL!!!!!

[@BogusLettuce]

S C U M B A G.... S E L L E R.... O F T H E W E E K

[@phillip5245]

WEEK.....WEEK.....WEEK....

[@subzero8679]

WEEK...WEEK...WEEK.... It's also scumbag buyers too!! Throwing their money around making common games sell for hundreds of thousands acting like they are big shots. It's absolutely ridiculous. It's just Super Mario Bros.

[@mmusser19]

Throughout the whole video I thought you were saying that Jim from The Office bought this game.

[@neildennis7294]

There were 26 million copies put out of this game. You’re telling so few stayed sealed that one could sell for 100K?

[@misushi7650]

Dude before commenting its wise to get your informations right.... They even said it in this video that it was only the first print run. There were only like 2,000 to 10,000 (even that number is unknown) ever made in this unique sticker-sealed style only during a test market launch. Even finding an opened box decades later is damn rare. So far this is one is the only one known that survived still being sticker sealed. The 26millions of copies u are talking about were shrink wrapped. So u basically pay for its rarity. The chances of finding a Blue Mauritius are probably higher than finding a super mario bros sticker sealed version in almost mint condition.

[@bio-plasmictoad5311]

It's abousoluty obserd, this sort of thing should never be worth anything like that. But we only have our selfs to blame for this stupidness because it's only like this because some insane people are willing to put that sort of money down.

[@chrisfowler9802]

Thats cool, but can you play it?

[@subzero8679]

Nope. Never, unless you pry that thing open and dig it out. It's worthless to me as it is now. I'd give him $10 bucks for the cartridge, sleeve, and manual though, and maybe and extra 2 bucks for the box since It's in nice shape. Haha!!

[@chrisfowler9802]

@@subzero8679 Like I have a boxed Banjo Kazooie, A Link to the Past and Ninja Turtles: Manhattan Project, because they are my 3 favorite games of all time, I can still access and play them though. Sealed and graded games make no sense to me, but I try not to shit on collectors, I just think its weird. I mean on the opposite side, I dont like when collectors buy sealed games and then open them. If you are going to do that, just buy a used copy and leave the sealed for the crazies

[@eupher2]

It's the same game, you can buy for $10. From what they said all that's different about it is the box. It's my same point as Stadium Events and World Class Track Meet. Stadium Events and World Class Track Meet are the same game, all that's different is the name.

[@mikedisco]

Stinks that you can’t open it to find out if it’s actually not a fake . Do they know how to date plastic and stickers to determine if this is legit ?

[@FastEDismo]

He tried to sell it for 1million dollars to pawnstars

[@jforce109]

Most people in Louisiana, the state I live in, make less than what that piece went for. Because of the fact that it's a graded game, that sale sucks, since it will probably never be used.

[@SPANISH-TARQUIN]

I've got duck hunt sealed, how do I get this graded in the UK??

[@markhasiuk6278]

Ya did it now Ian! Just mentioning graded collecting increased the market 10%! Lol!

[@pressstartfrank8606]

Man, I bought my complete copy of Black Box Super Mario Bros. For $5 box at Spring Valley Swap Meet..suck it seeeaaaled collectors! But honestly, I don’t doubt the value of this sealed SMB, but this has to be a marketing ploy to get video game collectors to see Heritage Auctions as an option to find a deal for their next game purchase.

[@FinalBaton]

SEAAAAAAALLLLED

[@saraoden59]

I can pay off my house with 100,000.00!!!!! But for a fucking game??? HOLY SHITBISCUITS!

[@txcforever]

Let's pay insane amounts of money for something that you will never enjoy in any way. I wouldn't give a fuck otherwise but people seeing video game collection as a business ruined it for everyone else.

[@karlwalsh5340]

I'd take a sealed copy of the Addams Family on the SNES. One of my favourite SNES games. But I'll go as high as retail 😅

[@jonathanredford215]

When you pay more for a game than you would a house, you fucked up

[@zangardo3937]

Bambi VHS sold for $89,000 on eBay.

[@mmusser19]

People are trying to get crazy prices for "Black Diamond" Disney VHS tapes, but no one is actually buying them. www.snopes.com/fact-check/black-diamond-collection-disney/

[@FamilyGuyBob]

Pat getting started on his cib nes collection

[@PatTheNESpunk]

I'm actually looking to get rid of some of my CIB games.

[@beast525]

Wait wasn't the game going to be sell about $1 million dollar on Pawnstar?

[@575forza]

Right when you started to say three way sharing I instantly bought of radioactive man #1. And yeah man who owns auction site that takes a % of all auctions sets super high benchmark for virgining division. Does seem suspect. but then I heard jim threw the copy into the sun and then asked _hot_ _enough_ _for_ _yah_ _?!_ . I definitely stood corrected.

[@Crunchy_Punch]

I'm not convinced with Rich's similar but lamer catchphrase, "Up and let's go." No delicious pun there.

[@rbourgoine1]

Someone offed you 80k for a game??? Its not even a good game! Sell it, recoup your money then donate the rest.

[@NuclearFej]

What is wada, or wata - couldn't quite tell what you were saying.

[@hawkflame9584]

So basically the difference between this and another CIB copy of SMB is the sticker? That is one expensive sticker.

[@tomapple64]

It’s more because of the history behind this version, the sticker sealed ones are from the pre-launch 85-86 before the global release in later 86. So this is more historical then anything.

[@hawkflame9584]

thekid20x6 oh no, I get that. I get that entirely. But the fact remains, the only physical difference is the sticker. It’s sort of like the difference between the Caltron and the Myriad 6 in 1.

[@MickeyD2012]

NOT WORTH IT.

[@nachobra]

im going to find out where they're keeping this, break in one night, crack open the acrylic case & just shit into it, then leave. who the fuck has $100k to drop on a fucking toy. jesus christ.

[@RC-nj1by]

all of a sudden I want to watch videos about Ring-Tailed Lemurs......dunno why tho.

[@RC-nj1by]

Bart, Milhouse and MARTIN.....not Nelson

[@raggededge82]

I hope someone got fired for that blunder

[@ninjamaster3453]

Seems fishy.

[@swissmrkc]

I'm sorry did you just say you were offered $80,000 for your gold and wc cart?.... I know you love it dude but now's the time to sell for Pete's sake.

[@back2the80s]

Let it sit in his bank deposit box collecting dust. Once value drops he will wish he had sold. No game is worth that amount. I don't care what is is. He could use that to pay off part of his mortgage, but oh well. Must prefer bragging rights

[@PatTheNESpunk]

I didn't buy it for an investment.

[@user-ny5vp9be8v]

@@PatTheNESpunk Sure seems like it when you brought it into Pawn Stars (that you refuse to talk about). Pussy ass bitch.

[@gorillagrip593]

Game spot will give you $1 for that

[@crecentroll4961]

So Pat, is this supposed to be considered the “holy grail” of graded sealed??

[@VVhistory]

So you mean to tell me somebody paid 100k for a sticker? Well, its their money anyway. i own the "regular" sealed version no sticker. Sad

[@seansommeso6585]

It was Martin not Nelson

[@RC-nj1by]

4:46....It wasn't Nelson. It was Martin......But I think that's who you meant.

[@raggededge82]

I hope someone got fired for that blunder

[@mikekz4489]

If the value is whatever collectors are willing to pay, then we can’t know if this Super Mario Brothers game is truly worth $100,000. I guess using this sale as a way of getting the attention of a broader base of collectors is a good thing. If that plays out as they expect, then we’ll see what these kind of sealed and graded games are worth.

[@touchingevil2302]

In 20-30 years all 8bit games are gonna be worth nothing because nobody knows about nes. Its like atari games now. They are costers

[@klownboi785]

They sell Atari games at the local used game store 5 for 5 dollars

[@EmperorPalpatine-z8x]

He was asking 1 million dollars

[@Misfit636]

What a stupid waste of money

[@RetroHabit82]

RareBucky disliked this

[@UncleSilverGaming]

SEALED!

[@spookerredmenace3950]

and thats why i could never be collector of things. ya its cool to have but you could never wear\play\drink\drive\ect again...

[@brockhutchinson380]

S E E E E E E E A L E D

[@WWJD85]

trademark Pat sealed at 0:15

[@MacheteEnima]

Why? You can play Mario 1 on switch for free with a membership. This is dumb.

[@bennyfactr6122]

Sealed games?? I think you meant 8-bitcoin...

[@loganholmberg2295]

This reeks of baseball cards in the 90s...Lets hope this eventually dies out too.

[@jakel8879]

1 dollar for every micron of sticker still sticking, gggood valuuuueee

[@coldworldandrew385]

So bowzer bought the Game to hold it hostage ? Sounds about right

[@jtoumai]

I'd pay $1 million

[@oomdb]

Yeah.. That's just stupid collecting. The sealed games. People bought the game and plaid them. And there is so many copies of this game out there.. Why would you have this game, still in plastic ? You don't need any plastics around it , or stickers lol If you want to pay 100k from the game that everybody all ready have ... Be my quest XD

[@TheCreepypro]

yeah I can't help but think this is a one off but we will see