A top-grade first-edition Blastoise card from the original set sold for $138,880 at a Goldin auction in February 2026

How it’s built

1. Reported by Sports Illustrated's collectibles site, covering the same auction as the record Pikachu Illustrator sale.

What we assumed

Nothing. The figure is used as published.

Sanity check

One collector sale, not a market price. The Pokémon Company earns nothing from resales.

Where it comes from

The line in the source

came in second place in terms of final sale price at $138,880

Where it’s used

• StoryCharacters
• Chart · CharactersAt one auction, Charizard sold for 6.9 times Blastoise and 12.6 times Venusaur

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• ReportedSame-set premium: 1st Ed Base PSA 10 Charizard over Blastoise (same Goldin auction), Goldin auction, Feb 20266.88 x