Pokémon TCG's Rarest Pikachu Card Is Up On eBay, But It's Not Cheap
One of 's rarest Pikachu cards is up for sale on eBay, but its price may be out of reach for most fans. The popular trading card game has some of the most expensive cards in the collectors' market, and most of these are classic items with only a few available prints worldwide. The best example is the famous 1st Edition Shadowless Base Set Charizard card, which is one of the most coveted cards in the franchise.
However, the rare Charizard card is not in the spotlight. A PSA 8-certified 1998 Pikachu Illustrator card, one of the rarest in all of ’s history so far, is being sold through an auction exclusively on eBay by Pokemon Club Shangri-La. The bidding period happens from February 24 at 5 PM PST to March 6. The starting bid on this, which is one of the most expensive cards, is $480,000.
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The rare 1998 Pikachu Illustrator card is being sold by Tomoya Ohno, owner of the Pokemon Club Shangri‐La online store. While the initial bid is $480,000, the final purchase price may be even higher, depending on the winning bidder’s ambition to obtain the card. In 2021, a PSA 7-certified 1998 Pikachu Illustrator card was sold on eBay for $375,000, establishing the record for the most expensive card ever sold on the site. If Ohno’s PSA 8-certified card actually sells, it will take that record for itself.
However, a copy of the same card was sold to Logan Paul in a private purchase for an estimated $5,275,000 in 2022, setting the record across the whole franchise. The Pikachu Illustrator cards are some of the rarest in the game due to only 41 copies ever being issued. Not only that but these were distributed to the winners of the 1997 and 1998 Pokémon Illustrator contests.
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