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Rare Pokémon Charizard card sells for $336,000

By Emmy Abbassi, CNN
! Updated 9:45 AM ET, Sun March 13, 2022

A 1999 Pokémon Charizard card drew attention for its rarity and perfect PSA GEM-MT 10 grading.

(CNN) — Going once. Going twice. Sold!

A rare first edition 1999 Pokémon Charizard No. 4 card sold on Thursday for $336,000 at
auction.

The Charizard card, sold by Heritage Auctions, drew widespread attention because it's from
the game's first English print run and had been given a perfect PSA GEM-MT 10 grading. It's
one of only 121 to be given that rating, according to the auction house.

The sale was part of a larger trading card games

auction, which included Magic: The Gathering and
Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. In total, the auction netted more
than $3.7 million.

"This auction, especially the trophy-level cards, did

exceptionally well," Jesus Garcia, Heritage
Auctions Trading Card Games consignment
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151 fictional species took over the world director, said in a statement.

"This sale reinforced the fact that demand for

Pokémon cards continues its climb. We fully expected Pokémon and Magic: The Gathering
to fare well, and they did."

Since their introduction in the 1990's, Pokémon cards have made a comeback and have
even sparked a sales frenzy.

Last week, a Georgia man was sentenced to prison for using Covid-19 relief funds to buy a
Pokémon Charizard card, the US Department of Justice said in a release. He purchased the
card for $57,789.

In February, Goldin Auctions sold a rare 1998 Pocket Monsters Japanese Promo Illustrator
Holographic Pikachu card for $900,000. Goldin says it was an "all-time record public sale
for any Pokémon card."

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