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Logan Paul’s PSA 10 Pikachu Illustrator Sells for $16.49 Million to Set Trading-Card Auction Record

The record reflects the card’s sole PSA 10 status rooted in its 1998 contest prize origins.

Images on the left and right hand side taken from a post on Logan Paul's Instagram, where he bid farewell to the record-breaking Pokémon card.
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The Pikachu Illustrator card was auctioned along with the custom diamond necklace Logan Paul famously wore at WrestleMania38.
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Overview

  • Goldin Auctions closed the sale at $16,492,000, with venture capitalist AJ Scaramucci named as the winning bidder.
  • After 41–42 days of bidding, an extended finale saw a surge from $6.882 million to the record total on 97 bids.
  • A Guinness World Records adjudicator certified the result as the most expensive trading card ever sold at auction.
  • The Pikachu Illustrator is the only known PSA 10 of its kind, originally awarded in a 1998 CoroCoro Comic contest and illustrated by Atsuko Nishida.
  • The lot included Paul’s diamond-encrusted necklace and presentation case, and reporting estimates he netted over $8 million after fees, with Paul also addressing prior fractionalization by repurchasing a 5.4% stake before the auction.