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A top-grade Pikachu Illustrator card sold at auction for $16,492,000, including the buyer's premium, in February 2026

$16.5m Auction closed 16 February 2026

ReportedReported by a reliable secondary source.

How it’s built

  1. Reported by Guinness World Records on the Goldin auction that closed on 16 February 2026.

What we assumed

Nothing. The figure is used as published.

Sanity check

It is a single collector sale of a rare card, not a market price for Pokémon cards, and The Pokémon Company earns nothing from resales.

Where it comes from

The line in the source

The final number announced of $16,492,000 includes a buyer's premium, which is standard for all auction houses.

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