ItвЂ™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 PikachuвЂ™s buyer, вЂњMarco,вЂќ whoвЂ™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 gameвЂ™s most respected collectors. The Pokemon TCG continues to shatter all records in 2020!ДЄ Pikachu Illustrator card was just traded for $900,000 worth of Charizard cards and Mitsuhiro Arita drawings.

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