However, only 19 are still known to exist thanks to PSA grading. It’s estimated a maximum of 39 copies of the cards were awarded.
#PIKACHU ILLUSTRATOR PROMO CARD PLUS#
Winners received a copy of the promo plus their winning artwork on a promo card. The “Pikachu Illustrator” cards were awarded through three card illustrator contests in CoroCoro magazine in 1998. We know the identity of the seller, but were asked not to post any information. Marco only worked with his middleman for this trade. The Pikachu seller is a highly private individual from Japan who owns one of the game’s largest collections. I consider the card not only nostalgic, beautiful, and historical, but also a fantastic investment. Why did I trade away my Charizard collection? Charizard is fantastic and I had the best Charizards ever made, but it’s nothing compared to the iconic Pikachu. An artistic Pikachu that is created by the illustrator of the artwork itself: it’s pure magic. The card’s artwork represents the real meaning of the Pokemon TCG: yes it’s a card game, but it’s 90% about collecting cards! And collecting is all about the artwork! The Pikachu in the artwork is drawing an image of Mew and we also see its other artwork of Charmander. It’s illustrated by Atsuko Nishida, the creator of Pokemon like Pikachu and Charmander, who we both see on the card.
I consider the Pikachu Illustrator, especially in mint condition, to be the holy grail of Pokemon collecting. We asked Marco why he wanted the Pikachu Illustrator: Marco kindly provided us with photos and descriptions for each item he traded away: By trading the cards instead of buying them, both parties probably avoided capital gains taxes. We can also verify through our own research that the Charizard cards indeed add up to over $850,000 (and are continuing to rise).
The $900,000 evaluation was based on $850,000 in recent sales for the traded Charizard cards and $50,000 for the Arita drawings. The Arita drawings were custom-made at an event in 2017 and are not considered official. His trade included nine Charizard cards and three private drawings by Mitsuhiro Arita. He wished for his last name to be excluded from this story. We spoke with Pikachu’s buyer, “Marco,” who’s from Italy and an avid PokeBeach reader.
For individual cards, an ungraded Pikachu Illustrator sold in Japan last month for $340,000. The last record holder was a 1st edition Base Set booster box that sold in October for $375,000.
The $900,000 transaction places this Pikachu Illustrator as the most expensive Pokemon card in history by far - and the most expensive Pokemon TCG item by far. We can verify the transaction involved the game’s most respected collectors. The card carried an estimate of $125/175,000, which some believed was high, but determined bidders thought otherwise.įor information, 51 or Pokemon TCG continues to shatter all records in 2020!Ī Pikachu Illustrator card was just traded for $900,000 worth of Charizard cards and Mitsuhiro Arita drawings. The artwork is by Japanese illustrator Atsuko Nishida.
#PIKACHU ILLUSTRATOR PROMO CARD SERIES#
The card sold is the only card in the long-running collectible card game series to say “Illustrator” at the top of a trainer card, and the only one to bear the pen symbol in the bottom right corner. It isn’t known exactly how many surviving copies are still around however, only ten PSA-certified copies are known. With cards awarded in two more contests that year, there were a maximum of 39 copies released. In the January 1998 issue, three first-place winners won a copy of the card, as did another 20 second-place winners. The card was created specifically for the contest. What makes it so rare is that it wasn’t sold but awarded as a prize. Although the technical name for the card is Pokémon Illustrator, it is known as Pikachu Illustrator due to the image. A Nintendo Pokémon Pikachu Illustrator trainer promotional hologram trading card, graded in Mint 9 condition and given to a winner at the 1998 CoroCoro Comic illustration contest in Japan, soared to $224,250, inclusive of buyer’s premium (a new world auction record), at an auction conducted October 23 by Weiss Auctions, online and in firm’s gallery.įan-favorite Pikachu starred on what is inarguably the most valuable and rarest Pokémon card in the world, accounting for the dizzying selling price.
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