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Rare Blastoise Pokémon Card Sells For $360k, Whilst A First Edition TCG Box Fetches $408k

Catching them all, but at what cost?

We’ve witnessed some astonishing sales in recent months with Pokémon cards. Back in October, retired rapper Logic spent $226k on a first edition Charizard card and one student sold their Trading Card Game collection for $80k to pay for university. Not to be outdone, we’ve now seen a rare Blastoise card go for an eye-watering $360k.

Marking the highest amount a single card has gone for at auction, you can see why when you realise the story behind it. Created by Wizards of the Coast, who originally published the Pokémon TCG, this was one of two presentation cards used to convince Nintendo about going ahead with a trading card game. As a result, it commands a significantly higher value than your standard Blastoise card.

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