@guinnessworldrecords: Most expensive Pokémon trading card sold at a private sale - a PSA Grade 10 Pikachu Illustrator card, purchased by Logan Paul 🇺🇸 for $5,275,000 (£3,862,424 / €4,477,146), on 22 July 2021. Later on 2 April 2022, at WrestleMania 38, it was confirmed that Logan had broken the record and he was presented with his Guinness World Records certificate backstage by adjudicator Mike Marcotte. Paul’s emotion at receiving this accolade was clear, and as the Pokémon card hung from his neck in a bejewelled case, he accepted his certificate proudly. "I have never spent this much money on a physical asset," Paul said during the trade. "This card cost me more than my ranch. My 84-acre ranch." In 1998 a small number of these cards, 39 to be exact, were given out to the winners of a Pokémon illustration contest. Out of those 39, only 20 have been graded by PSA, a leading card authentication service. Only eight of the Pikachu Illustrator cards have been awarded a PSA Grade 9. PSA Grade 9 means the card is in near perfect condition, but could have "a very slight wax stain on reverse, a minor printing imperfection or slightly off-white borders." A PSA Grade 10 card is a virtually perfect card, and attributes include "four perfectly sharp corners, sharp focus and full original gloss". Only one card in the world has been given this rating. This trade was agreed after five months of negotiation and took place on 22 July 2021.

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