Logan Paul Wears World's Most Expensive Pokémon Card At WrestleMania
Logan Paul made his WWE WrestleMania entrance on Saturday Night with the world’s most expensive Pokémon card hanging from a gold chain around his neck. The YouTuber-turned-boxer teamed up with WWE superstar The Miz to take on father-son duo Rey and Dominik Mysterio—but it was the $6 million Pikachu Illustrator card from 1998 that stole the show.
The 27-year-old teased the accessory on April 2 when he took to Twitter to show off his costume for WrestleMania 38. Paul donned a Wolverine-inspired black and yellow get-up, which he paired with the coveted trading card.
This Japanese Pikachu Illustrator card from 1998 has a rating of GEM Mint 10 by the PSA grading company, which indicated it is in near-perfect condition. There were only 39 of the cards given out to Illustration contest winners in 1998, and according to Paul, this is the only one to have received this rating.
Paul acquired the card in a trade that valued it at a jaw-dropping $5.3 million. He was already in possession of a PSA 9 version of the same card but handed over his lower quality card along with $4 million in cash to make the trade. Now, he owns the only PSA 10 Pikachu Illustrator card in existence. PSA’s price guide values the card at $6 million. Not a bad trade.
After the match, Paul returned to the locker room where Guinness handed him a certificate for “the most expensive Pokémon trading card sold at a private sale.”
“I applied for so many records and the fact that I finally got one after my first [WWE] win ever? I come back to the locker room, and I get a second win right away?” Paul said.
This isn’t the first time Paul has flaunted one of his valuable cards. Last year, the boxer showed up wearing a diamond-encrusted chain bearing a Charizard card to fight Floyd Mayweather. Paul claimed the card was one of only three in the world, and worth $1 million.
Paul is an avid Pokémon card collector. He recently spent $3.5 million on 11 authenticated base set Pokémon boxes. Many called it the largest amount spent on collectible cards at one time. Unfortunately, somebody swapped the Pokémon cards with something less valuable, and the whole thing was exposed as a scam.
Source: New York Post, Kotaku
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