Last year, hundreds of vintage prototype, test, and presentation Pokémon cards believed to date back to the creation of the game in the 1990s sold for auction to various collectors for hundreds ...

Here are the five most expensive Pokemon cards of 2023 ... At its peak, a CGC Pristine 10 graded Giratina VSTAR sold for as high as $295 at auction. As more of the card ended up in circulation ...

The enormously popular Pokémon Trading Card Game continues to attract huge numbers of players willing to pay vast sums to catch 'em all, especially rare cards. However, some detective work by ...

PSA grades a variety of trading cards, including the Pokemon TCG ... Getting a card graded typically involves mailing the card off to PSA or another similar company like CGC.

In 2022, a copy graded PSA 10 sold for $420,000 ... solidifying its place as the most expensive Pokémon card ever sold. Other high-profile sales include a CGC 9.5 copy auctioned for $672,000 ...

Among sports cards, CGC was the toughest with a 23% gem ... Beyond sports cards, TCG and Pokemon dominated grading in 2023 with 7.7 million items graded across the major services — a 74% ...

It’s from a Pokémon pack issued in Japan, and it’s graded and signed by the artist who created Charizard. In a Fanatics Collect sale in April 2022, this card sold for $324,000, per CGC Cards.

Nicole Carpenter is a senior reporter specializing in investigative features about labor issues in the game industry, as well as the business and culture of games. Last year, The Pokémon Company ...

The cards in question represent less than 0.03% of the cards graded by CGC. We stand behind every card that we grade, and we ...