Through an online auction, a Pokémon Pichu card has sold for a price you’ll find hard to believe.
Pokemon It has become a cult franchise.which has diversified in regards to the sale of merchandising. That is why this brand can be found in all kinds of products, from clothing, accessories, toys, much-loved video games, although the next one to be published has undergone a change in its development, and even in card games, the latter being one of his greatest commercial successes.
Pokémon cards are some of the most valuable items when it comes to franchise merchandise, as Millions of these are sold every year.. Its main attraction is collecting and many of these pieces can escalate to high prices.
An example of this is the letter that recently broke a sales record, reaching an exorbitant price in its sale through an auction. In the next few lines we will tell you all the details about it, but we already anticipate that it is an amount of money that you will find hard to believe.
A “rare” Pichu card has been sold for an exorbitant price, breaking records
Throughout the history of Pokémon collectible cards, all kinds of models have been marketed, some have been special designswhich, logically, have reached large amounts of money when selling them.
However, the news has been confirmed that a Pokémon card quite rare it has been sold for an exorbitant pricewhich will surprise you, especially for the details of this card.
Now live at auction on PWCC and ending on 11th June: https://t.co/X5lBpoQ6we
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— James (PichuFan) (@pichucollector) June 2, 2023
The card in question shows a Pichu that was drawn by a second grade student and has been sold via auction for about $25,800. This makes it the most valuable card of this character to have been sold, setting a record.
Pichu is the previous evolution form of Pikachu and in its design you can see the characteristics they share, like the yellow color, their red cheeks and the tips of the ears of black hue. Not to mention that their tails look like lightning.
Another curious detail about Pichu is that it was introduced in the game Pokémon Gold and Silver, but it was a different pokemon, as it could only be obtained through the egg hatching process. This was a quality that he shared with other creatures, such as Elekid, Magby, and Cleffa, to name a few. So, if you wanted to have the previous evolution of Pikachu, it would have to be solely through this system. It should be noted that the Pokémon ecosystem is made up of all kinds of creatures, some adorable, others very large and also some that are scary.
The auction in which the Pichu letter was sold was created by PWCC, which is the largest trading card market in the world. The letter in question was the result of a competition organized in 2009 for student children in Japan. Winning cards would become physical official cards.
This contest was a kind of promotion for the Arceus feature film and the jewel of life. And because of this, some of the rarest cards in the franchise were the result of this competition. Although the number of cards that were turned into physical is unknown.
The fact that this letter from Pichu sold for $28,500 in the online auction is to be applauded. On the one hand, due to the origin of this card, since it was made official from the drawing of a second grader from Japan.
However, despite the great price for which this letter was sold, it is not even close to one of the most expensive in the franchisesince there are other cards that exceed hundreds of thousands of dollars, such as the Pikachu one that exceeded 900,000 dollars.
But this does not detract from the Pichu Pokémon card, which has earned a page among the rarest cards in the franchise due to its origin. Congratulations to the person who has purchased this card! Since there is no other like it on the market or with the same history.