We have witnessed it astonishing sales in recent months with Pokémon Cards. In October, retired rapper Logic spent $ 226k on a first edition Charizard card, and a college student sold his Trading Card Game collection for $ 80,000 to pay for college. Not to be outdone, we’ve now seen a rare Blastoise card go for a dazzling $ 360k.
Marking the highest amount a single card has gone up for auction will help you see why when you realize the story behind it. Created by Wizards of the Coast, who originally published the Pokémon TCG, this was one of two presentation cards used to convince Nintendo to continue with a trading card game. As a result, it has a significantly higher value than your standard Blastoise card.
Around the same time, a separate auction took place for a set of first edition TCG cards, which sold for an incredible $ 408k. However, there is no similar story with this rare booster set, it was just wanted and unopened.
On the other hand, those of us who don’t have a hundred thousand dollars to spare may remember that The Pokémon Company is re-releasing some iconic cards as part of the series’ 25th anniversary celebration. Including designs from the original base set, they will be too big, however grateful not too expensive.
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