The names of the seller and the buyer were not released. The record-setting cartridge was purchased as a Christmas gift in 1986 then placed in a drawer and forgotten for 35 years, before it was found earlier this year. The previous record video game sale was a paltry $114,000, set last July. The unopened Nintendo video game is “the finest copy known to have been professionally graded for auction,” the company said in a statement.
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