US EditionLogan Paul Sells Pokémon's Pikachu Illustrator Card for Record $16m to AJ Scaramucci
Logan Paul sold the only PSA GEM MT 10 Pikachu Illustrator card for $16.49 million, setting records for the most expensive Pokémon and trading card ever sold.
- On Feb. 16, Goldin Auctions concluded the sale of the Pikachu Illustrator card for $16,492,000, the highest-ever trading-card price, with the new owner receiving it during a livestream.
- In July 2021, Logan Paul acquired the card from a United Arab Emirates-based collector for $4,000,000 plus a PSA Grade 9 Pikachu Illustrator card valued near $1,300,000, following his record $5,275,000 Pokémon card purchase five years ago.
- The Pikachu Illustrator originated as a 1998 CoroCoro contest prize featuring art by Atsuko Nishida, Pikachu's original designer; PSA confirmed this sold copy is the lone GEM MT 10 example, with only 20 graded and eight at Grade 9.
- After a 42-day auction, Logan Paul sold the card inside a WrestleMania 38 custom necklace with 97 total bids, reportedly earning more than $8 million in profit.
- This sale underscores the popularity of physical Pokémon cards as collector’s items and speculative assets, with Goldin founder and CEO Ken Goldin noting they have outpaced sports cards and the S&P by 3,000% over 20 years amid retail scarcity incidents in the U.S. and Tokyo.
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