Pokémon First Edition Base Set Sells for Hundreds of Thousands

A sealed booster box, Pokémon First Edition Base Set, sold for $360,000 in a March 2021 sale by Heritage Auctions. Pokémon, also known as Pocket Monsters in Japan, is a Japanese media and game franchise managed by The Pokémon Company, a company founded by Nintendo. Released on Jan. 9, 1999 by Wizards of the Coast, […]

21-Year-Old Pokémon Cards Break Auction Record, Again!

Check those basement bins filled with your children’s 1990s Pokémon card obsession! A rare, unopened and sealed Pokémon booster set of the card-collecting phenomenon broke a world record Sept. 10, selling for $198,000 in a Heritage Auctions sale. The Pokémon First Edition Base Set Sealed Booster Box (Wizards of the Coast, 1999) sold well past its […]

Rare Pikachu Card Breaks Auction Record 

An American collector paid a record-breaking $230,000 at the Japanese auction house ZenPlus for a rare, mint-condition limited edition Pokemon card. The card, with the image of the character Pikachu, features art by original Pikachu illustrator Atsuko Nishida. It is believed to be the highest price ever paid for a Pokemon card. Only 39 of […]