A factory-sealed SNES cartridge of Street Fighter II, released in 1992, recently sold for $103,700 at a Goldin auction. This price includes the buyer's premium.
The hammer price for this cartridge was $85,000, which rose to a final sale price of $103,700 after including the buyer's premium. The item is Capcom's classic fighting game Street Fighter II, not the Mario-themed titles that are more common in recent high-priced game auctions.
In recent years, retro game auctions have frequently seen high-priced sales, with several SNES games reaching hundreds of thousands of dollars. Many of these items were related to Nintendo's Mario, including his early standalone titles and various editions.
At the time of this sale, the Street Fighter series also garnered attention due to a new live-action film. Scheduled for release next month, the movie features Jason Momoa as Blanka and Andrew Koji as Ryu; this marks the series' return to the big screen since the 1994 film adaptation.
The auction ended with a hammer price of $85,000, bringing the final sale price to over $100,000 after including the buyer's premium. The key features of the item are its 1992 version and its factory-sealed condition preserved to this day.