market Pokémon Trading Cards Continue to reach impressive numbers, especially when it comes to collectors’ most coveted specimens. The latest record sales involve rVery refreshing “Raincoat Pikachu” card (or Raincoat Pikachu), featuring illustrations from 2015, fetched a surprising price at auction $8.4 million.
so far it is The second most expensive Pokémon card in historySecond only to the famous PSA 10 of the Pikachu illustrator that Logan Paul purchased for over $16 million. Sale takes place on September 28th Tramit Fanatic Collectionthe card attracted 64 bids before reaching the final number. This piece of paper is Currency PSA 10 gems minti.e. maximum protection: no signs of wear, perfect color and intact edges. In fact, it is considered a “just published” copy, the most coveted condition among collectors.
A card born from a tournament and never sold in stores
The card’s charm comes not only from its unique illustration of a smiling Pikachu wearing a red raincoat, matching hat and orange umbrella made with simple lines, but more importantly from the way it’s distributed.
Works created by the artist Isamu Fujishima The Pokémon Art Academy Japan Contest was held from 2014 to 2015. Contestants must Draw Pokémon using Nintendo 3DS softwareFujishima was one of five winners in the “Dress Up Pikachu” category, which involves depicting the series’ mascot in a special costume. In this case, the choice fell on a red raincoat.
As a reward, the artist received 100 official copies of the card Use your own illustrations. They have never been distributed to the publicare also not sold in stores: this makes them one of the rarest Pokémon cards ever released. Although the edition was very limited, many copies remain in such good condition that the PSA records 57 gemstone mint examples.
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Even taking into account the newspaper’s recent history, the figures achieved at the auction are surprising. Last June, another PSA 10 sold for $135,000, while previous transactions had never exceeded $20,000. The jump in numbers to 8.4 million is therefore unprecedented and may be related to rarity, impeccable conservation status and Growing interest in the most unique cardsresulting in increasingly dizzying investments for collectors.
