This Pokémon card was free at the time and is now worth $5 million
Published on December 15, 2023 at 8:05 p.m
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This year Pokémon celebrated its 27th anniversary. Almost three decades of success, guided by a carefully considered transmedia strategy. The basis is formed by games from which derived products such as objects, series, films, manga and cards are developed. It is undoubtedly the latter that is most talked about.
“Pokémania”: a phenomenon that has lasted for almost 30 years
Pokémon was launched in 1996 revived a dying GameBoy, which Nintendo wanted to quickly replace given the competition’s advances. Originally and when the phenomenon grew in Japan, it was initially the Westerners It’s hard to see the wave coming. It must be said that at this point no one knew exactly when this new RPG would push the boundaries and whether players would respond to it. GameFreak, Nintendo and Creatures Inc. have now joined forces to found the Pokémon Companyresponsible for taking care of everything related to the license with a comprehensive strategy.
When the red and blue versions are released in France October 8, 1999, the phenomenon is already underway. The anime aired on TF1 a few months later and the cards (real and fake) were already flooding the market. Almost 30 years later, the franchise is still generating a lot of moneyand the older products have increased in value. For a few months we were even able to observe mass movements Fans grabbed sets of cards. If the cards are intended to advance a strategic game, the collecting aspect is by no means ignored, as evidenced by the amount of videos or live shows of deck openings the number of active scalpers.
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This card is worth up to $5 million and was still originally offered
Some cards are much rarer than others, and the value of certain editions or copies has skyrocketed. No need to tell you again the story of the first printing of the shiny Charizard card, but remember that you could use it to buy a nice house that is worth more in terms of auction value. Among the rarest cards we find Illustrator cards, generally made in very small quantities and distributed on very specific occasions. The most impressive sale so far is the one related to a Pikachu Illustrator card, card produced in 40 copies and drawn by Atsuko Nishida.
The card was distributed to the winners of a drawing competition and now brings in millions of dollars. One copy was recently sold for around two million dollarsbut another example, graded 10/10 by PSA, was purchased at auction in 2021 from Youtuber Logan Paul for the sum of 5 million dollars. A copy of this legendary map is currently being auctioned off on eBay. This other copy was rated 9/10 and has since been aimed only at millionaires The seller is asking for 4.8 million dollars, or 4.36 million euros.
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Originally posted 2023-12-15 19:22:19.