The card features artwork by Pikachus creator Atsuko Nishida, and was only. This one, however, is a massive jump in price and it just goes to show you that this very limited edition card can increase massively in value over time. 'Pikachu Illustrator' is considered the rarest Pokémon trading card in existence, and only 39 were produced back in 1998. Fan-favorite Pikachu stars on the most valuable and rarest Pokémon card in the world Although the technical name for the card is 'Pokémon Illustrator', it is colloquially known as 'Pikachu Illustrator' due to the image. There are only 20-39 of these rare Pokemon cards in the world and as reported by, one of them has been sold by a collector.Įarlier this year, a case of the first edition Pokemon card were sold for $70,000 and back in 2016, another Pikachu Illustrator card was sold for $55. Description Pokémon 'Pikachu Illustrator' Trainer Promo Hologram Trading Card (1998) PSA 9 Mint. Pikachu Illustrator was never publically available but instead, it was awarded to a few people who participated in one of three art contents in 1998 by a Japanese magazine called CoroCoro.
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RELATED: Monster Hunter World: Iceborne PC Release Date, Trailer and Features Revealed While both the buyer and the seller’s names have not been publically revealed, we know that the card in question is Pikachu Illustrator. Rare Pikachu Illustrator Card Up For Auction on Ebay, Bidding Starts at 100,000 Its basically like owning a Master PokéBall. Pikachu Illustrator (Japanese back) Holographic Star Pattern Corocoro Promo Japanese Holy Grail Holo Custom Pokemon Card Hand-Made / Proxy CrystalCardCo 4.5 out of 5 stars (105) 28.62. A Pokemon Trading Card Game collector has recently sold a very rare Pokemon card at a New York auction for a whopping $195,000, which translates into roughly R2.9 million at the current Dollar to Rand exchange rate. The Pikachu Illustrator first sold in the early 2000s for around 23,000, Halperin said.