Rare Pokemon card sets record with $16.49 million sale
The Japan Times • • entertainment
Key Points:
- A rare Pikachu Illustrator card sold for $16,492,000, setting the record for the highest price ever paid for a trading card.
- The card, originally awarded in 1998 through a manga magazine contest, is one of only 41 ever produced and is the only one graded "GEM MT 10" by PSA, indicating perfect condition.
- Auctioned by Goldin Auctions, the price surged from a $500,000 starting bid to $13.3 million, with additional fees bringing the total to over $16 million.
- The card was previously owned by influencer Logan Paul, who bought it in 2021 for $4 million plus a valuable PSA 9-graded card, setting the prior
