Donkey Kong Poster Becomes Most Expensive Original Video Game Art Ever Sold at Auction for Record-Breaking $329,400
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Donkey Kong Poster Becomes Most Expensive Original Video Game Art Ever Sold at Auction for Record-Breaking $329,400
A 1981 promotional poster for the original Donkey Kong, featuring the first public appearance of Mario, has become the the most expensive piece of original video game art ever sold at auction.
Saved from the trash by a former employee of Nintendo, an original illustration of Donkey Kong, made in 1981, has been awarded at $329,400 (about €294,000). A record sale for a work of art related to video game. If you search in your trash, there, right now, you
It seems that there are novelties of this story: Donna Darbous, former Nintendo of America advertising manager, had put to auction a collection of historical objects of the company, among which stands out an original illustration used to promote the 1981 Donkey Kong arcade. We have now known that this promotional brochure of the original arcade version of [...]
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