How much would you be willing to spend to buy one more item for your collection? R$ 100? BRL 1 thousand? How about $300,000?! This was the value of a super rare Pikachu card at an online auction.
The card is part of a Pokémon trading card game released in the 1990s.
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In 1997, to be exact. This is a Pikachu Trophy, issued to the third place winner of the first edition of the game's tournament, in the Japan. Therefore, it is an extremely rare card.
Okay, but how rare is this Pikachu card?
Very! First, we must take into account that this letter was issued 26 years ago – okay, almost 30. And it is also in good condition.
In addition, according to the Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA), a site that authenticates and classifies these cards worldwide, less than 100 of these were printed.
Plus: unless you played the game It is achieved a good placement in that tournament, there would be no way for you to acquire one.
Pokémon price was beyond expectations
In a press release, Jesus Garcia, consignment director of collectible card games at company behind the auction (Heritage Auctions), pointed out that the price of the letter was well above the expected. They expected the letter to do well, but not so well.
Garcia went into even more detail on how rare the card is. According to him, it did not appear in any of the boxes with extra cards that were sold at the time. And confirmed the information that it was issued only in that Japanese tournament of 1997.
“It is an extraordinarily rare card, which at times stands as a centerpiece in the winning bidder's collection,” he said.
However, it remains to be seen whether whoever bought the letter will actually place it in their collection. As there is no statement in the press of who disbursed the US$ 300,000 to buy the Pikachu rare, he will be able to resell the object.
And there is a condition for this. A Heritage Auctions clause states that the offer should start at US$ 450,000.
Would you pay this trifle to complete your collection?
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