Bitcoin MagazineThe Future of Collecting: Alladan Flinn of Based Trading Cards on Cards, Community, and Culture
In February 2026, a single piece of cardboard sold for $16,492,000. The 1998 Pikachu Illustrator — the only known PSA 10 example of one of the rarest Pokémon cards in existence — was sold by Logan Paul through Goldin Auctions to A.J. Scaramucci, who called the purchase the first move in a “planetary treasure hunt”
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