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Sold a very rare Pokémon card for $ 195,000

The iconic Pikachu Illustrator, one of the strangest and most limited cards in the official trading card game, beats a new record in a new...

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As we told you just a few weeks ago, the community of collectors of Pokémon Trading Cards, the official card game of the saga, were very expectant at the auction price of Pikachu Illustrator, one of the rarest and special pieces of the entire collection. Considered the most valuable Pokémon card in the world and auctioned by Weiss Auctions, it has reached a price of $ 195,000.

Pikachu Pokemon Illustrator, one of the rarest and special cards in the history of the game, was launched in 1998 through a special contest organized by the Japanese magazine CoroCoro. It is entirely in Japanese, there is no version in English or in any other language, and its total number is estimated at about 39 copies sent to the winners and finalists of a drawing contest. It has never been put up for sale or has been able to be bought officially, so its value is, as you can imagine, incalculable. Before the auction, the letter has been certified and analyzed by notaries and specialists as authentic because there are several very realistic fakes.

Someone likes Pokémon. Also, I really wonder if they can say with 100% certainty that it's not a fake?

 

[brap]

Kawaii desu ne

 

[stranno]

www.ebay.com/itm/232624529959

And he is still charging you $100 for shipping

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

www.ebay.com/itm/232624529959

And he is still charging you $100 for shipping

Pretty sure that is insurance.

 

[Pejo]

www.ebay.com/itm/232624529959

And he is still charging you $100 for shipping

I remember watching a video where a guy got this out of a booster pack. I don't follow MTG at all, but it was exciting to see his reaction.

 

[New Yorks Finest]

Mah goodness gracious WTF is going on here??!! 400k??!!

 

[zeorhymer]

Mah goodness gracious WTF is going on here??!! 400k??!!

How do I save $15 from this card?

 

[Spukc]

 

[JordanN]

At what point does someone just not buy a printer worth $200,000 and just make your own cards?

Is there something magic about cardboard made in 1998 that 2019 cardboard can't match?

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

I'm not into CCGs, but I still think stuff like this is cool. Just the notion that a card could command that kind of value, and how it got to that level, is interesting.

 

[Jooxed]

I wish i had this kind of money to just throw at cards and other assorted things

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

I used to have this card when i was a little kid.

I wiped my ass with it and flushed it down the toilet.

 

[Spukc]

I used to have this card when i was a little kid.

I wiped my ass with it and flushed it down the toilet.

Simply the best