That silly Super Mario Bros. cart auction
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That silly Super Mario Bros. cart auction
Apparently a sealed US Super Mario Bros. cart got sold at an auction for half a million of real money.
Can somebody please explain this to me. Is the world gone mad?
Can somebody please explain this to me. Is the world gone mad?
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Re: That silly Super Mario Bros. cart auction
I'm in Istanbul since October, so several things have passend me by. But this auction made in into the mayor newspapers for it's audacity. There hast to be money laundring involved. That's the only explanation I have.
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I agree I think a lot of these and the same with art involve money laundering. But then again there are some **** out there that would overpay for stuff
<trk>:I remember catching a big fat one and my friend said "throw it back in, that one already tastes like wood"
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Re: That silly Super Mario Bros. cart auction
Money laundering on Ebay huh. Maybe that explains how some unpopular sealed trading card boxes that went for 15-20 USD for years are suddenly selling for 100-200 USD.
Emulation's nice when done well
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Re: That silly Super Mario Bros. cart auction
This was sold thorugh Heritage-Auctions.
I think they're big in Baseball cards and other american stupidities.
I think they're big in Baseball cards and other american stupidities.
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Re: That silly Super Mario Bros. cart auction
A Tweet sold for $3m the other week which makes this look positively sensible.
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Re: That silly Super Mario Bros. cart auction
I do htink collecting a physical object is very different from buying an NFT. Collectors aren't new, what they choose to collect changes but it's all part of what people do.
Buying a weblink to picture or a tweet is just crazy. I'm sure that stuff is mostly fraudulent/ ignorance.
Buying a weblink to picture or a tweet is just crazy. I'm sure that stuff is mostly fraudulent/ ignorance.
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NFTs are just a new form of cryptocurrency (which is gambling rather than investment).
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Now they sold a Zelda cart for even more money.
860.000 $
World gone mad
860.000 $
World gone mad
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Curious as to why people think its money laundering and how that would work? (Enclosed picture of actual moneylaundering)
Its just collector mania, its universal, interests are bottom low and people have more free cash than ever and "normal" investments like funds or interest yield nothing anymore.. however you can make a million instantly by flipping a pokemon card. (Or a zelda cart it seems)
Its just collector mania, its universal, interests are bottom low and people have more free cash than ever and "normal" investments like funds or interest yield nothing anymore.. however you can make a million instantly by flipping a pokemon card. (Or a zelda cart it seems)
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Re: That silly Super Mario Bros. cart auction
I bet someone has whole factory shipping boxes of unopened Mario 64s somewhere.
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Re: That silly Super Mario Bros. cart auction
Excellent research about this crap: