Logan Paul's rare Pokemon card becomes most expensive ever sold in record-setting auction
Guinness World Records • • entertainment
Key Points:
- A rare Pikachu Illustrator Pokémon card sold for a record-breaking $16.49 million at an online auction by Goldin, making it the most expensive Pokémon and trading card ever sold at auction.
- The card, graded a perfect 10 by the Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA), was purchased by AJ Scaramucci, who received it attached to a $75,000 diamond necklace at the event.
- Previously owned by Paul, who bought it in 2021 for $5.275 million in a private sale, the card is one of only 39 awarded to winners of a 1998 illustration contest and was never originally sold commercially.
- The auction saw intense bidding activity, with the price escalating from just over
