FS: NOS Super Mario Bros. VS Marquee & topper - Whats a fair price?

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FS: NOS Super Mario Bros. VS Marquee & topper - Whats a fair price?

Klov gang, I found this in my travels years ago and its been hoarded and long forgotten about ever since.

NOS Super Mario Bros. VS marquee & topper cardboard cutout that goes above the machine. Brand new, never installed, in their original box since 1983.

They're both absolutely beautiful and still brand new and in the plastic case, the marquee still has the adhesive layer stuck on the back. They were never mounted on a machine and have seen about 10 minutes of total daylight in their lifetime. The coloring is bright and crisp. It sat on a shelf in the box for decades before I got it and sat in a shelf here in the box for years.

WHAT IS A FAIR PRICE FOR THE PAIR? (MARQUEE & TOPPER) They are for sale...
I honestly don't know what something like this is worth and don't want to be an ass asking crazy pricing or sell myself short if its a jewel or rare.
 
Hey Karl! For one thing, SMB marquees are notorious for yellow fading so to find one that doesn't have any fading is pretty rare.

Used marquee in fair shape (some yellowing): $30-35 shipped
Used topper in fair shape (no tears): $35-40 shipped

NOS for both? I'd say $120-140 shipped.

Chime in if you think I'm totally off though. :)
 
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I'll snap a few pictures later tonight when I'm home. I found them again the other night while closet diving and was astonished for a second time at how nice they were. Absolutely no yellowing, paper backing isn't peeled or screwy, colors are very vivid, the kind of marquee you'd want to make a scan of to make reproductions.

The topper has a little spot on the side/support where it has a slight crease, like the chips or something in the box had pushed against it. Still has the factory adhesive strips on the bottom of the sides. The artwork part looks great with nice colors, no yellowing or staining.
 
I looked over the Super Mario Bros. VS marquee & topper, not exaggerating they look awesome! I picked at one corner of the adhesive backing and it still peels nicely.

I also have a new VS. PINBALL marquee that isn't peeled or uv faded but a nick out of the flatness of it.

Here's some pics of the Super Mario Bros. marquee & topper...
 

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$150/shipped - NOS marquee - topper - plastic Mario VS. kit case
Is that a smoking crack price?! :)
$100/shipped - Am I selling myself short on a hard to find object?
Maybe this one is better off on the bay since I feel like if I don't post on the super cheap on klov it isn't going to move.

Anyone interested in purchasing this or throwing their .02 in for ideas let me know what you think is fair?
Seriously not running an auction I want to see it goto a good home.
I'd been stashing this one a long time since I've never come across another new Super Mario marquee they're always trashed.
 

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Is there any of the qualified & reputable artwork repro guys who want to scan and try to reproduce these or have they already been redone?
 
And the last two since theres a file attachment limit of only 5.

$150/shipped - NOS marquee - topper - plastic Mario VS. kit case
Is that a smoking crack price?! :)
$100/shipped - Am I selling myself short on a hard to find object?
Maybe this one is better off on the bay since I feel like if I don't post on the super cheap on klov it isn't going to move.

Anyone interested in purchasing this or throwing their .02 in for ideas let me know what you think is fair?
Seriously not running an auction I want to see it goto a good home.
I'd been stashing this one a long time since I've never come across another new Super Mario marquee they're always trashed.

Here is my 2 cents..

I bought a complete kit(minus chips) for $45.00 with an NOS topper and Marquee a few months ago. I think a fair price range would be $60.00 - $75.00.
 
Here is my 2 cents..

I bought a complete kit(minus chips) for $45.00 with an NOS topper and Marquee a few months ago. I think a fair price range would be $60.00 - $75.00.

Cool, thank you! That sounds quite realistic! In my minds eye the marquee was worth $50/shipped by itself. Asking $75 shipped for the set doesn't sound like rape either way to me and it looks like it may have some people interested in giving it a new home.
 
They probably put the chips in a red tent, so they didn't need the full marquee or the topper.
Bingo! Thats exactly what they did with the kit, it was in my Red Tent crazy days when I had at least 3 of them and buying anything VS / red tent related. The chips were installed in one of my RT's and I never bothered really telling anyone I had the marquee. I also had a brand new NOS cocktail SMB info sheet that went towards eseyo's direction a whilte ago...

We'll give the first guy in line a chance to decide if he's buying the artwork pair or not.
If not this SMB artwork set will be up for grabs to the first person offering $75/shipped.
 
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