Obscenely Rare Pokemon Card Sells for Record-breaking $195,000
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The rarest of rare Pokemon cards has just sold for a whopping $195,000 at
auction. The card is none other than the Japanese “Pikachu Illustrator”
card, one of only 39 in the world.
“What makes it so rare is that it was not sold, but awarded as a prize in an
illustration contest through CoroCoro Comic,” the auction description
explains. “This unique card was created specifically for the contest. In the
January 1998 issue, three 1st Place winners won a copy of the card, as did
another 20 2nd Place winners. With cards awarded in two more contests that
year, there were a maximum of 39 copies released.”
This one was in mint condition and received a near-perfect PSA grade of 9. It
was sold by New York-based Weiss Auctions.
This astonishing sum breaks the previous record for the highest-selling
Pokemon card ever, which was another Pikachu Illustrator PSA 9 card that went
for $100,000 on eBay in 2013. Another PSA 9 sold for $55,000 at auction in
2016 via Heritage Auctions.
In other words, it might be worth digging into that old shoebox back at your
parents’ house to see if you won any Pokemon art contests when you were a
kid.
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這張皮卡丘的卡片以19.5萬美金的價格被拍出。
它會值錢是因為它沒有發售過,而是CoroCoro Comic比賽前幾名的獎品。目前只被釋出了
39張。