An original sealed Super Mario Bros. cartridge from 1985 sold at auction today for three million dollars, breaking the previous record from 2021. According to Boing Boing, this was the first sticker-sealed copy from Nintendo's earliest production runs to ever go to auction—a striking demonstration of how much collectors will pay for untouched gaming history.

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