The 7 most expensive trading cards ever sold, from Pikachu to Michael Jordan
When Logan Paul’s PSA 10 1998 Japanese Promo Pikachu Illustrator sold for $16.49 million on Feb. 16, it did more than set a new Pokémon record. It reset the record books across the entire trading card marketplace and became the single most expensive trading card ever sold.
For generations the highest prices belonged to baseball’s oldest and rarest cards, featuring names like Honus Wagner and Mickey Mantle; more recently, basketball icons such as Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant dominated the hobby’s biggest chase cards. At $16.49 million, the Pikachu Illustrator surpassed all of them.
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