Article Pokemon

Before fleeing the scene, the three men stole over a dozen cards, including Pokemon cards, worth approximately 30 million yen. [...] "We're glad that no employees or customers were injured, but some of the cards that were taken were worth more than 2 million yen each. We were planning to be open on New Year's Day, so it's frustrating that we suffered this loss," the manager told NHK (Jan. 1).

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The Pokemon Illustrator card, which depicts the iconic cartoon character Pikachu, has a hobby card authenticator rating of 10, the highest possible grade. It is one of only 39 of the illustration cards given to winners of a 1998 drawing contest held by the Japanese magazine CoroCoro Comic. The card was consigned to the New Jersey-based Goldin Auctions house by Logan Paul, an American social media influencer with millions of fans. He bought the card in 2021 for $5.27 million, earning the Guinness World Record title for "most expensive Pokemon card sold at a private sale," according to the Guinness website. The successful bidder, who won the Pikachu card with a diamond necklace it hangs from, appeared at a livestream watch party for the auction on Paul's YouTube channel to collect the item. However, the auction house did not reveal his identity Monday morning when the auction ended.

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