PSA 8.5 Pikachu Illustrator Sells for $500k

PSA 8.5 Pikachu Illustrator Sells for $500k

Originally awarded to winners of CoroCoro Comic illustration contests in 1998, Pikachu Illustrator is a Japanese promo with about 39 copies officially awarded and roughly 40–41 believed to exist in total. It also holds the record for the most expensive Pokémon card ever, after a PSA 10 copy sold for $5.275 million in a 2021 private sale recognized by Guinness.