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Charizard fetched $576,000, while Mewtwo and Dark Dragonite each sold for $384,000 including premiums. Mewtwo rose 6.7% over its week-old record; Charizard finished 4% below its prior high.
Fanatics Collect sold a PSA 10 Legendary Collection reverse holo Pikachu for $780,000 and a Holon Phantoms Pikachu Gold Star for $480,000; the former jumped 195% over its June record.
A Plasma Storm Lugia EX PSA 10 reportedly sold for $660,000 at Fanatics Collect on October 12. The auction house lists just 21 PSA 10 copies; manipulation allegations remain unproven.
The 2010 Illusion’s Zorua Design Contest Promo sold for $156,000 on Fanatics Collect on September 27; only about 100 copies were printed after Megu Taniguchi won the preschool category.
The 2010 Illusion’s Zorua Design Contest Promo sold for $156,000 on Fanatics Collect on September 27; the kindergarten-winner card had an estimated print run of about 100 copies.
Fanatics Collect sold PSA 10 Expedition Butterfree for a record $204,000, PSA 10 Expedition Gengar and Skyridge Umbreon for $180,000 each, and CGC Pristine 10 Skyridge Gengar for $216,000.
Fanatics Collect sold a PSA 10 Legendary Collection reverse holo Pikachu for $780,000 and a Holon Phantoms Pikachu Gold Star for $480,000; the former jumped 195% over its June record.
The PSA 10 Raincoat Pikachu drew 64 bids on Fanatics Collect, jumping 5,340% from a $156,250 Heritage sale three months earlier despite 57 Gem Mint copies.
The PSA 10 Pokémon Art Academy promo sold through Fanatics Collect on September 28; only 100 copies were printed for the 2015 contest winner, versus a $19,200 sale in 2025.
A PSA 10 Art Academy Pikachu illustrated by Y. Fujishima fetched $8.4 million at Fanatics Collect on September 27 after 64 bids; only 100 copies were awarded to the artist.
Y. Fujishima’s PSA 10 Art Academy Pikachu drew 64 bids on Sept. 28, soaring from a $135,000 June comp to $8.4 million despite a PSA 10 population of 57.
Five Pokémon cards sold for a combined $6.696 million from Sept. 20–27, led by a PSA 10 Art Academy Mudkip at $3.72 million and a Mudkip Gold Star at $1.02 million.
A PSA 10 Mudkip Gold Star sold for $1.02 million through Fanatics Collect on Sept. 21, drawing 48 bids and soaring 4,900% from a December 2024 sale.
Six PSA-graded Eeveelution cards realized $588,000 at Fanatics Collect, led by an Espeon Gold Star PSA 10 at $204,000—127% above its June 2026 record.
A PSA 10 First Edition Lugia sold for $360,000 and a CGC Pristine 10 Typhlosion #17 brought $336,000; the $696,000 pair beat their prior records by a combined $408,956.
Fanatics Collect handled the first English-language Pokémon card auction to exceed $1 million, establishing a new record for the category.
The sole CGC Pristine 10 example closed at $1.02 million after 35 bids, more than six times the $168,000 paid for a Gem Mint 10 in July.
A pristine 2005 EX Deoxys Rayquaza Gold Star topped $1 million in Fanatics Collect’s August Premier Auction, setting a record for an English-language Pokémon card.
The PSA 10 Gold Star Rayquaza from 2005’s EX Deoxys sold for $1.02 million, surpassing the card’s previous $682,500 record by $337,500.
Six Rayquaza cards fetched a combined $496,200 at Fanatics Collect; five set same-grade highs, while a PSA 9 Gold Star tied its $108,000 record.
Five PSA-graded cards fetched $325,200 at Fanatics Collect, led by a population-two Stormfront Gengar at $156,000—about 44,471% above its prior sale.