The Most Expensive Pokémon Card On Earth Sold For $195,000 kotaku.com

One of the rarest Pokémon cards in existence went up for auction last week at New York-based Weiss, and sold for $195,000.
It is now officially the most expensive Pokémon card in existence.
It’s a “Pikachu Illustrator” card, a promo given out to winners of a comic contest that was held in Japan in 1997-98.
AdvertisementSo valuable that someone was willing to pay $195,000 for a single Pokémon card, which is almost 4x the price paid for the last Pikachu Illustrator to hit auction back in 2013, which “only” went for $54,970.
Pikachu Illustrator is notable for a few things other than its rarity.