This promotional card was awarded to those who had won a Pokémon Card Game contest in the. The card was sold in superb condition with one flaw and evaluated at a Mint. The ultimate Pokémon card and the holy grail for collectors its the Pokémon Illustrator card. Hopefully, we’ll see other cards of similarity rarity achieve new heights in the near future. The sale of this Pikachu Illustrator card went for a grand total of 233,000, surpassing the previous record by 38,000. I think it’s great to finally see individual cards within the Pokémon Trading Card Game maturing to this level. The Pokmon TCG Illustration Contest 2022 offers artists residing in Japan and the United States an opportunity to share their talent and passion for Pokmon by exploring the daily life of a Pokmon in art. We (Ludkins Collectables) were also fortunate enough to grade an Illustrator back in 2018 when a customer from France used our PSA grading services. A rare Illustrator Pikachu Pokémon card sold at auction for more than 200,000 last week, after two interested parties got into a furious bidding war. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Pokemon Pikachu Illustrator PSA 9 at the best online prices at eBay. A rtists who have dreamed of illustrating their very own Pokmon TCG card can now compete for the opportunity to make it happen. The higher the grade, the better the condition of the card.Īt the time of writing this, the population report shows PSA has graded 18 copies of the card. Professional Sports Authenticators (PSA) is a company that authenticates and grades cards based on condition.
Pikachu Illustrator NM-MT 8 MT 9 GEM-MT 10 0 1M 2M 3M 4M Professional Sports Authenticator SMR Price Guide. The card sold achieved a MINT 9 at PSA, which is considered a mint copy of the Pokémon Illustrator. Grades Prices Pikachu Illustrator - 1998 Pokémon Japanese Promo. Now almost three years later on Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019, another copy in the same PSA MINT 9 grade sold by Wiess Auctions for $195,000. However, it should be noted that the $54,000 price tag, included Heritage Auction’s 19.5% buyer’s premium. While the card didn’t receive the asking price of $100,000, in November 2016 another PSA 9 copy sold on Heritage Auctions for $54,960. The asking price was unprecedented at the time, which resulted in multiple publication companies documenting the card to a wider audience outside of its current niche. This was when a PSA 9 copy was listed on eBay as “Buy It Now” for a staggering $100,000. It took until 2013 for the general public to realise the Illustrator achieved celebrity status within its own right. It’s factual that the CoroCoro Illustrator is incredibly rare, but we also know other Pokémon cards exist that have been printed in smaller quantities. There's a big misconception about the card, claiming it to be the rarest Pokémon card in the world. When it comes to the number of copies printed, the origins of the Illustrator remains a mystery. The Pokémon illustrator card was awarded to the winners of the 1998 CoroCoro illustration contest in Japan.