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Today I learned someone paid $2M for a sealed 1985 NES Super Mario Bros. (www.polygon.com)
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[–] twistedtxb@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They basically bought themselves back the game at an overly inflated price in hopes of creating a hype bubble for future auctions.