Mir Space Station Gameboy Auctioned for $1,220
I came across lot no. 250 of The Space History Sale at Bonhams, which features a Gameboy console with Tetris and instruction manual, which features an unusual provenance; it has spent 196 days in space!
Sold on May 5th for $1,220 to an anonymous buyer, the gameboy, cartridge, and instruction manual feature Mir postmarks. Bonham’s describes it:
A space Nintendo, flown on Soyuz TM-17 to the Mir space station by cosmonaut Aleksandr A. Serebrov in 1993. This Game Boy spent 196 days in space and has orbited the Earth more than 3,000 times. Upon its departure from Mir, TM-17 accidentally ran into the space station, fortunately causing no major damage.
Tetris, one of the most famous computer games ever, was invented in the Soviet Union and is therefore a particularly apt pastime for a cosmonaut on Mir.
Together with SEREBROV’S autograph provenance note signed, in Russian, dated May 20, 1994, stating that “Like all cosmonauts, I love sport. My particular favorites are football and swimming. During flight, in rare minutes of leisure, I enjoyed playing Game Boy.”
An interesting piece of history!
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