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Logan Paul had a big week. It started off by getting put in his place by Tom Brady ahead of their upcoming flag football game, a heated back and forth which led to all sorts of headlines. Then Logan Paul followed that up by proving to the world that he is an astute investor, of sorts.
The former WWE United States Champion sold his Pikachu Illustrator Pokémon TCG card for a world record amount of $16,492,000 at auction.
Logan Paul Sells Pikachu Illustrator Pokémon TCG Card For World Record $16.492 Million
The winning bid in the Goldin auction totaled $16,492,000 with the Buyer’s Premium, with the bid (to Logan) totaling $13,300,000. That is PRETTY GOOD considering he purchased the Pikachu Illustrator card, one of the rarest Pokémon cards ever printed, for $5.3 million in July 2021.
The PSA Grade 10 Pikachu Illustrator card was purchased in Dubai on July 22, 2021 and shortly thereafter it was certified by Guinness World Records as the “most expensive Pokémon trading card sold at a private sale.”
That record has just been smashed. The auction closed last weekend and Logan Paul hand delivered the Pikachu Illustrator card to the winning bidder himself.
In total, there were 97 bids in the auction. Bidding opened at $500,000 on January 5th but by February 14th the bidding had eclipsed the $5.275 million Logan Paul initially spent on the Pokémon TCG card and from there it was record after record being broken.
During the final stages of bidding, there were 28 individual bids of $10 million or more. Absolutely wild for a trading card.
Logan Paul announced he was going to sell the card a month ago with that video above.
What Makes The Pikachu Illustrator Card So Special?
The infamous Pikachu Illustrator card dates back to 1998. At the time, only 39 of the cards were made and distributed to Illustration contest winners.
Of those 39 cards, only one ever received the perfect PSA-10 grading which reflects that the card was literally perfect in condition and at the angles in which is was printed. Everything about it was immaculate.
Flash forward 28 years and somehow that 1-of-39 card, the only one ever with a PSA-10 grading, has now been sold at auction for $16,492,000.
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