Logan Paul sells rare Pokémon card for record price to Anthony Scaramucci's son

Pikachu? More similar Pi-ka-ching.

A uncommon Pokémon paper owned by wrestler and societal media property Logan Paul sold for $16.5 cardinal connected Monday, mounting a caller grounds for the auction terms of a trading card. Paul had acquired the Pikachu Illustrator paper successful a commercialized worthy $5.275 cardinal successful 2021 — the astir costly Pokémon trading paper sold astatine a backstage merchantability astatine the time.

The retail terms for a modular battalion of Pokémon cards is usually astir $5 for 10 cards — though, overmuch similar hunting for shiny Pokémon, successfully purchasing a caller battalion whitethorn necessitate immoderate luck, strategy and patience arsenic the cards person exploded successful worth successful caller years. Paul, who began unboxing Pokémon cards connected video during the COVID-19 pandemic, is often credited with helping propel the boom.

Described arsenic an “unimaginable Holy Grail piece,” the paper Paul sold features beloved Pokémon mascot Pikachu holding a pen and feather sweeper. The creation connected the paper is by Atsuko Nishida — the graphic creator who designed a fig of fashionable Pokémon, including Pikachu. It is believed lone astir 40 were ever printed, and they were fixed retired arsenic prizes for an illustration contention successful the precocious 1990s.

The Pikachu Illustrator Pokémon trading paper erstwhile owned by Logan Paul.

(Goldin)

Paul’s paper was graded 10 by Professional Sports Authenticators, oregon PSA, a third-party work that authenticates and grades trading cards and different collectibles. According to Goldin, the auction location that organized the trading paper auction, Paul’s is the lone Pikachu Illustrator paper to execute that “virtually perfect” PSA grading.

On apical of its rarity and quality, this Pikachu Illustrator paper had been placed successful a bejeweled lawsuit connected a diamond necklace and was worn by Paul astatine WWE WrestleMania 38 successful 2022. The paper was besides featured successful Season 3 of Netflix’s “King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch.”

The winning bid for the uncommon paper was placed by task capitalist AJ Scaramucci, the lad of erstwhile White House communications manager Anthony Scaramucci.

According to People, AJ Scaramucci is connected a quest of “collecting the uncollectable.” He reportedly besides hopes to yet bargain “a T-Rex dinosaur fossil” and the Declaration of Independence connected his “planetary treasure hunt.”