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Donkey Kong Poster Sells for $329K

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Patrick Stewart died on 28 October 2026 at age 86, and his final on-screen appearance is as Professor Charles Xavier in Marvel's "Avengers: Doomsday," which is scheduled for release on 18 December 2026.

Stewart died on 28 October 2026 at 86; Marvel confirms "Avengers: Doomsday" was his final on-screen appearance, so the earlier retirement rumors have effectively become true posthumously.

Sir Patrick Stewart died on Wednesday, 28 October 2026, at age 86 in California after a "brief and poignant journey" with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia, according to his spokesperson.

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Patrick Stewart died on 28 October 2026 at age 86, and his final on-screen appearance is as Professor Charles Xavier in Marvel's "Avengers: Doomsday," which is scheduled for release on 18 December 2026.

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Stewart died on 28 October 2026 at 86; Marvel confirms "Avengers: Doomsday" was his final on-screen appearance, so the earlier retirement rumors have effectively become true posthumously.

Patrick Stewart’s final acting role will be as Professor Charles Xavier/Professor X in ‘Avengers: Doomsday.’ https://t.co/TCqIERId6B

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JA poster that was reportedly about to be thrown in the trash has reportedly sold for over three hundred grand.
NThree hundred grand? For a Donkey Kong poster?
JDexerto posted on X — a rare Donkey Kong poster saved by a former Nintendo of America employee. Dexerto says it shows Mario's first-ever appearance.
NOkay, so not just any poster. That's a piece of arcade history.
JExactly. Before Mario was in every game, this poster was marketing the original Donkey Kong cabinet, if the post is right. Mario was still called Jumpman.
NHold on. I looked — I can't confirm that sale actually happened. The three twenty-nine thousand figure is just what the post claims.
JSo we can't even be sure it's real? Come on, that kills the fun.
NWe report it as a claim. If it's true, it's a wild story. If it's not, we don't put fake money in people's heads.
JBut think about it: a poster that almost went in the trash. That's the whole appeal of collecting. One man's junk is another man's auction record.
NThree hundred twenty-nine thousand dollars is not 'another man's junk.' That's a house in some states.
JBut look at what it is! Mario's first-ever appearance. That's like finding the original sketch of Mickey Mouse at a yard sale.
NMickey Mouse? Mario didn't even have his name yet. It's a piece of marketing material, not a comic book.
JMarketing material for one of the most famous characters in human history. Name one kid who doesn't know Mario.
NI'm not saying it's worthless. I'm saying three hundred grand needs proof. And until there's a real auction house record, it's just a poster on the internet.
JYou are the most fun person at a garage sale, aren't you?
NI'm the one who checks the VCR actually works before paying twenty bucks.
JFine. But if this sale is real — and Dexerto reported it, they're not a random account — it tells you how hungry people are for early video game history.
NOr it tells you someone overpaid because they got caught up in a bidding war. Happens all the time.
JNo, no, wait. You can't just dismiss it as overpaying. Rarity drives price. There's probably only a handful of these posters left.
NYou don't know that they didn't print ten thousand of them back in 1981.
JBut most got trashed! That's why one surviving copy is valuable. Same reason a mint condition first iPhone box sells for thousands.
NA first iPhone box sells for a few hundred, maybe a couple thousand. Not three hundred twenty-nine thousand.
JBecause the poster is older and rarer.
NBecause someone with money decided they wanted it. That's not value, that's just demand.
JThat's literally how value works! Demand plus scarcity equals price!
NAnd I'd want to see the receipt before I call it a record.
JYou want the receipt? It's an auction, not a grocery run.
NIf someone paid that much, there's an invoice somewhere. Until then, I'm calling it a rumor with a nice story.
JFine. Rumor with a nice story. But if it's real, I'm buying a Donkey Kong poster from my neighbor's trash.
NGood luck, your neighbor's trash has a half-eaten pizza and a broken toaster.
JThe toaster could be worth something in forty years.
NOnly if Mario's face is on it.

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