#Illustrator pokemon card series#
It was given as a reward for those who had a winning entry in a series of Japanese Pokemon Card Game Illustration Contests. This Pokémon illustrator card is now officially the most expensive one in the world that was sold at an auction in New York last week. The Pokémon Illustrator card Also known as the Pikachu Illustrator or Illustrator Pikachu, this one is a trainer card and an unnumbered promotional card which was awarded, not purchased. The reverse of the card is adorned with the Japanese logo and name for the game.
So far, this is the first example of the famed rarity graded by CGC Trading Cards. The card, which is informally referred to as Pikachu Illustrator, is graded CGC Near Mint/Mint+ 8.5. Fan-favorite Pikachu stars on the most valuable and rarest Pokémon card in the world! The artwork is by Atsuko Nishida and is the only card in the long-running collectible card game series to say “Illustrator” at the top of a Trainer Card, and the only one to bear the pen symbol in the bottom right corner. CGC® Trading Cards has authenticated and graded an incredibly rare Japanese Pokémon Illustrator card. The card’s auction description read: “Pokémon “Pikachu Illustrator” Trainer Promo Hologram Trading Card, 1998. The Pokémon card called Pikachu Illustrator card featuring an image of Pikachu holding a pen has just become the most expensive ever, selling for $233,000 at an auction. We do know of one more card that was sold for big bucks making it the most expensive card ever sold. Thirty-nine of these cards were awarded, but only ten apparently still exist. Fans may know that the Pikachu Illustrator card was given out to winners of a comic contest that was held in Japan in 1997-98. Is it OK to draw another Pokmon in addition to. But looks like Pokémon fans just can’t get enough and the demand for the illustrator cards refuses to die down. As an exception, those who have already worked as an Official Pokmon Trading Card Illustrator cannot apply. First the rare “ Pikachu Illustrator” card went under the hammer followed by the very sought-after Trainer card that was sold a few weeks ago for a little under a million. A PSA Mint 9-graded Pokémon Illustrator, also known as Illustrator Pikachu, sold for 224,500 back in October 2019 through Weiss Auctions. It’s starting to look like the year of Pokémon cards. The most prized card in Pokémon has sold once again for a record-breaking price.
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