In July, a sealed 9.0 Wata-rated copy of The Legend of Zelda sold for an even-higher $870k.
Fast forward to this April, and a sealed 9.6 Wata-rated copy of Super Mario Bros. rated 9.4 by Wata sold for $114k, a record at the time. In July 2020, a sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. Anything above a 9.0 rating is suggested by Wata to be 'investment grade', and will likely only increase in value.īut while the vintage video game market has long been viewed as an investment, there have frequently been suggestions that prices are now being artificially driven up by collectors and other interested parties to in turn drive up the value of their own collections.
This particular copy of Sonic the Hedgehog had been rated with a quality of 9.4 by Wata. This content is hosted on an external platform, which will only display it if you accept targeting cookies.