Antique Trader

A New High Score

In April 2020, a company called Rally bought a 1985 Super Mario Bros. video game for $140,000. A lot of money, it would seem, but only if you haven’t been paying attention to the vintage video game market, which Rally most definitely had been.

Rally buys video games and other collectibles (think comic books, baseball cards, cars, basketball shoes) and turns them into properties people can purchase shares in, as an investment. If someone makes an offer to buy the collectible, the investors vote

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