

Heritage's Comics & Comic Art Auction continues throughout the weekend and includes an internet session for comic books on Saturday and another video game session Sunday. During the Heritage auction that closed Friday, two other sealed video games (Megaman and Mike Tyson's Punchout) sold for north of $100,000. The article mentions Jeff Ninneman having finished with 5:11 and Jason Harmer having finished with 5:09. ( Article, Video) Both had times of 5:50 (5:53 from pressing Start), though Jason Harmer (on the right) was a bit faster. Last month, an autographed Luka Doncic rookie card went for $4.6 million. Jeff Ninneman and Jason Harmer had a recorded Super Mario Bros. Players control Mario, or his brother Luigi in the multiplayer mode, as they traverse the Mushroom Kingdom to rescue Princess Toadstool from King Koopa (later named Bowser ). A 1993 Magic The Gathering MTG Alpha Black Lotus sold for $511,100 on the site in January. The NES version received a wide release in North America that year and in PAL regions in 1987. In February, eBay announced that the trading card category on its platform grew by 142% in 2020, with over 4 million more cards sold compared to the prior year. The following month, a scarce 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle rookie card sold for $5.2 million-the highest recorded card sale of all time. In December, an O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky rookie was purchased for $1.29 million, setting the record for a hockey card sale. The market for alternative assets such as trading cards and various forms of sports and entertainment memorabilia has skyrocketed over the past year.
