Report blames the growing prices of retro game auctions for fraud

The investigation of a journalist suggests that auctions that beat recent records are the result of companies that incurred frauds to increase the price of collective games.

Retro Games and NES The titles, in particular, have been crossing a speculation bubble lately, thanks in part to Heritage Auction's high-profile sales. Among them was a copy of Super Mario Bros. that it was auctioned for $ 2 million. And it was not the only recent instance of a retro game that was sold for an apparently exorbitant price. A recent report alleges that fraud contributed to the increase in high-price sales.

On August 23, journalist Karl Jobst published a 52-minute video by investigating Wata Games and Heritage Auctions. The report of it claims that companies worked together to artificially inflate the value of collectible games, including a series of accuracy tubes.

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