Heritage Auctions has listed an extremely rare PSA 9 Mint Pikachu Illustrator card as part of this month’s Trading Card Games and Manga Signature Auction.
Likely motivated by the record breaking sale of the one-of-a-kind PSA GEM MT 10 Pop. 1 Pikachu Illustrator two weeks ago, another extremely rare copy is up for grabs now through March 28.
The Pikachu Illustrator card was first introduced in 1997 as a promotional prize for the Pokémon Card Game Illustration Artist Contest, hosted by manga magazine CoroCoro Comic, and with the Pokémon trading card game celebrating its 30th anniversary, now is the perfect time for collectors to acquire one of the “holy grails” of the trading card world.
While the estimated population of Pikachu Illustrator cards varies from 39 to 41, PSA has officially certified just 15 copies at a Mint 9 and only one higher. With three weeks left, the current bid sits at $500,000 with the next minimum set at $512,500.
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