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Someone Paid $195,000 for a Pokémon Card

posted by janrinok on Thursday October 31 2019, @06:35AM   Printer-friendly
from the expensive-hobby dept.

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Someone paid $195,000 for a Pokemon card

Turns out catching 'em all can be a pricey endeavor, especially with Pokemon fever growing as the release of Sword and Shield draws near. A single Pokemon card sold for $195,000 last week, making "Pikachu Illustrator" the most expensive one in existence, according to Kotaku.

This card was never sold in packs like regular ones, but awarded to the winners of a Japanese comic contest in 1998, the auction noted. Only 39 were released, and 10 of those are believed to still exist. The artwork, by Pikachu creator Atsuko Nishida, is pretty delightful.

The buyer actually paid $224,500 for the card -- Weiss Auctions added a 15% buyer's premium to the winning bid, the auction house confirmed via email.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Thursday October 31 2019, @01:37PM

    by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us (6553) on Thursday October 31 2019, @01:37PM (#914098) Journal

    Investment seems weird, but people pay odd prices for what they consider art.

    Something tells me that this one will never be shuffled in a deck in competition....

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