See $6 million Pokemon card, most expensive in the World, in Atlanta
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Assortment of Pokemon trading cards Pokémon is a franchise of video games, films, animated series and trading cards from Japan. (NoDerog/Getty Images)
Rachael Lillis Where the franchise has taken off over the last several years is its trading cards. (Selu Gallego/selugallego - stock.adobe.com)
Floyd Mayweather v Logan Paul MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA - JUNE 06: Logan Paul talks about his Charizard Pokemon card chain during his press conference following his contracted exhibition boxing match against Floyd Mayweather at Hard Rock Stadium on June 06, 2021 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images) (Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images)
Logan Paul’s Pikachu Illustrator PSA 10 And Logan Paul (right) owns the most valuable card of them all.
Here he is photographed with Ken Goldin, founder and CEO of Goldin, the internationally renowned auction house, and star of the hit Netflix series King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch. (Goldin)
Logan Paul’s Pikachu Illustrator PSA 10 This is the Pikachu Illustrator PSA 10. Logan Paul bought it for $5.275 million in July 2021. (Goldin)
Logan Paul’s Pikachu Illustrator PSA 10 But it's up for auction, Paul is teaming up with Goldin, to auction the card. (Goldin)
Logan Paul’s Pikachu Illustrator PSA 10 To be one of the Holy Grails of the collectibles industry, a card needs to embody certain indelible qualities. A timeless design. An exclusivity that the overwhelming majority of the globe's population can only dream of attaining. A unique story that creates prestige and drama that instantly captures the full attention of the hobby. This incomparable Pikachu Illustrator fits this description to a "t." (Goldin)
Logan Paul’s Pikachu Illustrator PSA 10 Personally owned by Logan Paul, who will hand-deliver this peerless treasure to the auction's winning bidder anywhere in the world, this globetrotting Pikachu Illustrator—the singular copy graded at PSA's unsurpassable GEM MT 10 tier and the Guinness World Record-holder for Most Expensive Pokémon card of all time—occupies a space in the hobby typically reserved for depictions of Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Michael Jordan, or Mickey Mantle. (Goldin)
Logan Paul’s Pikachu Illustrator PSA 10 Right now, the auction has hit over $6.2 million including the buyer's premium.
The pendant ensconcing the PSA holder is crafted in pure Italian solid gold and set with approximately 35 carats of VVS1 clarity natural diamonds, totaling approximately 10,000 stones. Ten pointer diamonds highlight the bezel, again with VVS1 clarity natural stones. The Pokéball bail is handset with roughly 6.5 carats of VVS1 natural diamonds. The holder is attached to a solid 10-karat pure Italian yellow gold Cuban chain weighing approximately 172.5 grams and is set with around 27.5 carats of VVS1, G-color round and baguette diamonds. The chain comes with a jewelry certificate and appraisal by Oxford Diamonds listing an appraised value of $75,000. (Goldin)
Logan Paul’s Pikachu Illustrator PSA 10 But if you don't have more then $6 million to spend on it, not to worry, you can still see it. Goldin will be at the Atlanta Collect-A-Con on Saturday, Feb. 7, with the card. (Goldin)
Logan Paul’s Pikachu Illustrator PSA 10 The event is at the Georgia World Congress Center. (Goldin)
Logan Paul’s Pikachu Illustrator PSA 10 The card was originally acquired by Logan Paul, after months of protracted, high-stakes negotiations, in Dubai, with the transaction instantly verified by Guinness World Records as the "most expensive Pokémon trading card sold at a private sale." (Goldin)
Logan Paul’s Pikachu Illustrator PSA 10 The Pikachu Illustrator became a global phenomenon, a process which was accelerated when Paul wore the grail piece as part of a stunning, diamond-adorned custom necklace (also offered in this once-in-a-lifetime sale) during his WWE debut at WrestleMania 38. Paul received the record certificate backstage at AT&T Stadium after defeating the father-son duo of Rey and Dominik Mysterio with his tag-team partner, The Miz. (Goldin)
Logan Paul’s Pikachu Illustrator PSA 10 The card is a centerpiece of season three of the hit Netflix show King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch, with Paul donning the nonpareil piece for a box break of 2009-10 Topps Basketball cards at Goldin headquarters in search of the mythical Stephen Curry SuperFractor rookie card with Ken. The back-and-forth negotiations between Ken and Logan for the right to sell the Pikachu Illustrator provided incredible insight into how the hobby's most important deals are struck. No card in the hobby can boast the same prestige and elite place at the very pinnacle of the Pokémon hobby like this unimaginable Holy Grail piece. (Goldin)
Logan Paul According to the auction listing, "The Pokémon craze was in full swing in 1997. With the blockbuster Game Boy games, a prime-time animated series, and now record-setting TCG, Japan was abuzz with excitement about what was in store for Pokémon. In November 1997, a contest was announced in the monthly manga magazine, CoroCoro Comic, to celebrate the first anniversary of the first release. Called "Pokémon Card Game Illust Artist Contest," the competition challenged readers to draw their own Pokémon card and send it to the magazine."
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Pokemon "The following January issue of CoroCoro Comic announced the three winners, who each received 20 Pokémon cards featuring their own illustrations along with one copy of the Pikachu Illustrator card. An additional 20 contestants were presented the "Excellence Award," which secured them a copy of the now-coveted Illustrator card. This competition format was done again two more times between May and June 1998. Varying awards were given out, and creator Yuichi Konno added two more at auction. The current hobby consensus is that 41 copies of this card were officially awarded and distributed, with this Logan Paul-backed piece the chief among them. " (Goldin)
