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Why a Sticker-Sealed Super Mario Bros. Sold for $3 Million

The most valuable copy of Super Mario Bros. is one that nobody ever opened. A small Nintendo sticker, a short test-market window and a console box that stayed shut for decades explain the price.

$360,000

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Why the Nintendo PlayStation Prototype Sold for $360,000

It looks like a Super Nintendo with a CD tray, and that is exactly what it is. The partnership that produced it collapsed in public, Sony went on to build the PlayStation alone, and a surviving prototype became the most expensive console of its kind.