Logan Paul Just Sold A Pikachu Card For Over 16 Million Dollars!
27 days ago
Logan Paul, YouTuber-turned-prizefighter-turned-human-content-factory just sold his PSA 10 Pikachu Illustrator Pokémon card for $16.492 million at Goldin Auctions, making it the most expensive trading card ever sold at auction. That number is not fake, not a typo, and not adjusted for inflation. It is sixteen million actual American dollars for a piece of cardboard with a cartoon mouse on it.
The sale earned Paul a shiny new title from Guinness World Records, officially crowning the card as the most expensive trading card ever auctioned. Which is hilarious, because he already owned that record from previous Pokémon sales. He basically broke his own high score, which feels extremely on-brand.
What makes this card so insane is its rarity. Only 39 Pikachu Illustrator cards exist in the world. They were printed in 1998 and handed out exclusively to winners of a Japanese illustration contest. These weren’t meant to be played with, traded, or stuffed into binders by sticky-fingered kids. They were glorified trophies. Most people will never even see one in real life.
Paul got his hands on this particular card back in 2021 through a trade valued at $5.275 million, which at the time already made headlines and melted brains. Then, because he’s Logan Paul and subtlety has never been his thing, he went ahead and bejeweled the case with diamonds and wore it around his neck like a rap video prop.
Fast forward a few years, and now that same card just flipped for over three times what he paid for it. Casual eleven-million-dollar gain. No big deal.
