First off........ i hate the logan bastard brother pair of over hyped wankers ......... made famous by wankers ......... who bought their shit .........it must be mindless cunts who live off their mums in the basement that buy this crap ....same cunts that buy the whole .........wrestling fruity underpants grappling sport .......no man's junk should be near another mans face........ in underpants .....in a ring sweating all over....... you it's completely fucking wrong ...greased up muscle bound guys in underpants....... throwing each other around ......very..... very .....very ....... dodgy and fruity ......but then look at the audience .........however who would pay this much for a stupid fucking card .....it comes with a diamond necklace ...that affects the price obvious so its not really 176 mill and change is it ......but whoever collects this shit has too much money to waste ...think philanthropically the good that could be done ....but no !!!!!....this is greed pure ad simple ......but hey whatever fries your tatties .....i say ........but people who collect stuff are strange its their gig ...if they want it ....i just do not understand why a card is worth that much i never got these strange things japanese i think it is .......oh well .....anywas did i mention i hate the paul brothers ....fucking assholes ....but there must be some dumb fuckers like them they are making millions form emptyheaded losers ....you know what they say ......fools and thier money !!!!!............
Logan Paul’s ‘holy grail’ of Pokémon cards sells for $16.5 million, with a diamond necklace thrown in
Five years ago, Logan Paul set a world record when he purchased a Pokémon card for $5.275 million. It proved a sound investment – the influencer and wrestler sold that card for a jaw-dropping $16.492 million, with a diamond encrusted necklace thrown in.
The rare Pikachu Illustrator card –– one of just 39 created for a Pokémon illustration competition in the late 90s –– went under the hammer on Goldin auctions on Monday.
It is believed to have earned the WWE star more than $8 million in profit after auction fees, a sale he called “absolutely insane.”
The auction had been running for 42 days but came to an end after hours of extended bidding Monday, with Paul saying “we may have tired someone out” during a YouTube live stream.
“Oh my gosh, this is crazy,” he added once the auction closed and confetti rained down.
Moments later, a Guinness World Records official appeared onscreen and confirmed Paul had sold the most expensive trading card ever at auction.
This time around the card was sold inside a custom necklace worn by Paul at WrestleMania 38 and with his promise to hand-deliver it to the winning bidder.
Pokémon is the world’s highest-grossing media franchise, surpassing even Disney and Star Wars. Cards have rocketed in value, outpacing sports cards and beating the S&P stock market by 3,000% in the past 20 years, Goldin founder and CEO Ken Goldin told CNN in December after Logan confirmed he would be auctioning off the card.
“This is the most coveted trading card in the world,” he said.
Goldin said the Illustrator is considered “the holy grail of all Pokémon cards” and Paul’s card was what everybody wants because it’s virtually flawless – the only Illustrator card considered a Grade 10 card by authentication agency PSA.
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As Monday’s bidding drew to a close, the price initially held at $6.882 million until a flurry of last-minute offers during an extended bidding period lasting several hours drove the final auction total to $16.492 million from 97 total bids.
Paul has a reputation for taking collectibles to extreme levels and has spent millions to secure some of the rarest items ever produced, including NFTs - unique, verifiable digital assets traded on the blockchain.
The WWE wrestling star bid farewell to the card on Saturday in an Instagram post, saying “goodbye my friend. What a privilege it’s been to be the owner of the greatest collectible in the world.”
The card is just one of 20 Illustrator cards graded by PSA.
Paul got his hands on the ultra-rare Grade 10 card by swapping a PSA Grade 9 Pikachu Illustrator card he previously owned – worth $1.275 – and $4 million in cash for it in July 2021.
Only eight of the Pikachu Illustrator cards have been awarded a PSA Grade 9 and Paul’s sale is the only PSA Grade 10, the highest and most desirable grade assigned by PSA.
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