Logan Paul sets record with $16.5M Pokemon card sale

Feb 18, 2026, 9:31 AM

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In 2021 Logan Paul purchased a Pikachu Illustrator Pokémon card for what was then a record $5.275 million. This week he then flipped that card and sold it for a new record $16.5 million!

The card, which was created in 1998 with only a few dozen existing and Paul’s being the only with a quality rating of “10”, sold after 41 days. The auction was held by Goldin Auctions which is featured in the Peyton Manning produced Netflix show “King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch”.

The card was sold to the son of former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci a Guinness World Records adjudicator was present to confirm that the card is officially the highest priced trading card ever sold at auction.

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