Pikachu Illustrator card sells for record-breaking $16.49M at auction
A rare Pikachu Illustrator Pokemon card—one of only 41 produced and graded GEM MT 10 by PSA—sold for $16.492 million at Goldin Auctions, setting a new all-time high for a trading card. The sale followed a bidding surge after January, with the piece previously owned by Logan Paul before being acquired by venture capitalist AJ Scaramucci.