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Logan Paul Breaks Record with $16 Million Pokémon Card and Reinforces Collecting Boom

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Logan Paul, the youtuber who became a WWE wrestler, found that collecting lives in a golden age after imposing a historic record by selling a collectible card from Pokémon at $16.49 million. The card listed as “ultrarrara” became the most expensive card ever sold at an auction, according to Guinness World Records. The card game chrome of the popular Japanese franchise was acquired by Paul in 2021 from the collector Marwan Dubsy, in Dubai, for $5…
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But where does this legendary piece come from? The Pikachu Illustrator was awarded in 1998 as a prize in an illustration contest organized by the Japanese magazine CoroCoro Comic. Only the winners received this special letter, designed by the artist Atsuko Nishida, original creator of Pikachu. It is estimated that there are fewer than 40 copies in the world, making it the ‘saint grail’ of Pokémon’s TCG. Logan Paul’s sale not only marks an econom…

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Logan Paul, the youtuber who became a WWE wrestler, found that collecting lives in a golden age after imposing a historic record by selling a collectible card from Pokémon at $16.49 million. The card listed as “ultrarrara” became the most expensive card ever sold at an auction, according to Guinness World Records. The card game chrome of the popular Japanese franchise was acquired by Paul in 2021 from the collector Marwan Dubsy, in Dubai, for $5…

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Bloomberg Linea broke the news in on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
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