{"name":"Pallet.Club: Pokémon card sales of $1 million or more","url":"https://www.pallet.club/leaderboard/million-dollar-cards?year=2021&type=private","updated":"2026-10-20","currency":"USD","definition":"Sourced single-card transactions of US$1,000,000 or more, including reported and pending-payment records; consult each status before treating a price as paid.","statuses":{"confirmed":{"label":"Confirmed","hint":"Public auction or sale confirmed by the auction house, Guinness or several outlets"},"reported":{"label":"Reported","hint":"Private or marketplace sale announced by a party to it; no public bidding record"},"pending":{"label":"Pending payment","hint":"Closed, but payment wasn’t confirmed when we last checked"}},"sales":[{"rank":3,"card":"Pikachu Illustrator","detail":"1998 Japanese CoroCoro Comics illustration contest promo","language":"Japanese","grade":"PSA 10","price_usd":5275000,"date":"2021-07-22","venue":"Private sale (Dubai)","sale_type":"Private sale","status":"Confirmed","note":"Bought by Logan Paul for $4 million in cash plus a PSA 9 Pikachu Illustrator valued at $1.275 million. The same card later sold for $16.49 million (above). Guinness World Records: most expensive Pokémon card sold in a private sale.","sources":[{"title":"Guinness World Records","url":"https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/695893-most-expensive-pokemon-trading-card-sold-at-a-private-sale"},{"title":"Guinness news","url":"https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/4/logan-paul-owns-5-275-million-pokemon-card-after-record-breaking-trade-697189"}]},{"rank":13,"card":"Pikachu Illustrator","detail":"1998 Japanese CoroCoro Comics illustration contest promo","language":"Japanese","grade":"PSA 9","price_usd":1275000,"date":"2021-06","venue":"Private sale","sale_type":"Private sale","status":"Reported","note":"Bought by Logan Paul for $1,275,000 to use as part payment for the PSA 10 above (July 2021), per Guinness World Records.","sources":[{"title":"Guinness news","url":"https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/4/logan-paul-owns-5-275-million-pokemon-card-after-record-breaking-trade-697189"},{"title":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_cards_from_collectible_card_games"}]}],"not_counted":[{"card":"Pikachu Illustrator, PSA 9","reported_price_usd":4000000,"date":"2025-09-12","venue":"eBay","reason":"Reported as a $4,000,000 sale, but the seller later said the buyer never paid and the card was relisted."},{"card":"Trophy Pikachu “No. 1 Trainer”","reported_price_usd":3000000,"date":"2025-09","venue":"eBay","reason":"Reported at $3 million, but the seller soon relisted the same card, so the sale doesn’t appear to have completed."},{"card":"Gold Trophy Pikachu (1st Place), PSA 8","current_bid_usd":2425000,"auction_closes":"2026-10-25","venue":"Goldin","reason":"Still a live auction (Goldin’s Pokémon 30th Anniversary auction, closing October 25, 2026). Bids aren’t sales; we’ll add it if it closes above $1 million and is paid."},{"card":"Complete 1st Edition Base Set","reported_price_usd":1200000,"date":null,"venue":"—","reason":"A whole set, not a single card."}]}