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The biggest Pokémon card sales of 2026 so far
Logan Paul’s PSA 10 Pikachu Illustrator sold for $16.5 million at Goldin, the highest price UltraBall recorded for a Pokémon card this year, and Japanese prize cards took seven of the ten biggest sales. 525 sales reached $100,000 or more across Fanatics, Alt, Goldin, eBay and Heritage, worth $162.3 million.
Published · 525 sales of $100,000 or more, 1 January to 16 October 2026, from every sales source UltraBall tracks and the venues’ own published results
- $16.5M
- Top recorded sale of 2026
- Pikachu Illustrator (Japanese) PSA 10
- 525
- Sales of $100,000+
- Jan 1, 2026 to Oct 16, 2026
- $162.3M
- Paid for them
- buyer’s premium included
- 19
- Sales of $1 million+
- 53 of $500,000+

Key findings
In UltraBall’s data for 1 January to 16 October 2026, the most expensive Pokémon card sale was the Pikachu Illustrator (Japanese) PSA 10 Logan Paul consigned to Goldin: $16,492,000 on Feb 16, 2026, buyer’s premium included, 2.0× the next-biggest sale.
The top of the market is Japanese prize cards that were never sold in packs. 7 of the 10 biggest sales were Japanese promos given out as contest or tournament prizes, and the Pikachu Illustrator alone sold 9 times for $100,000 or more, in 6 different grades, for $29,947,191.
UltraBall recorded 525 Pokémon card sales of $100,000 or more from 1 January to 16 October 2026, for a combined $162,319,302. 19 sold for $1 million or more, all on or after Feb 16, 2026.
At Fanatics Collect, in UltraBall’s data at full depth since February, $100,000+ sales ran at 3 to 11 a month to July, then 28 in August, 90 in September and 102 in the first 16 days of October.
In UltraBall’s data 406 of the 525 sales of $100,000 or more were PSA 10s, 169 were Wizards of the Coast cards from 1999 to 2003 and 101 came from the 2003–2007 EX era. Only 12 were printed since 2014.
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UltraBall Research, ‘The biggest Pokémon card sales of 2026’ (October 2026). https://ultraball.com/news/data/biggest-pokemon-card-sales-2026
What are the biggest Pokémon card sales of 2026? The 25 biggest recorded
Pikachu Illustrator (Japanese) PSA 10 sold for $16,492,000, the biggest of the 525 recorded sales of $100,000 or more.
The list below is every sale UltraBall recorded from Jan 1, 2026 to Oct 16, 2026, across Goldin, Fanatics Collect, Alt and eBay, and Heritage Auctions through PSA’s own auction records and its own announcements, with the same sale reported by more than one source counted once.
Each price is what the buyer paid, buyer’s premium included, so a Goldin hammer and an Alt sale are on the same footing. Where the venue still publishes the sale, its name links to it.

No. 1
$16,492,000
Pikachu Illustrator (Japanese) PSA 10
CoroCoro Comic promo · 1998
Goldin · Feb 16, 2026
No. 2
$8,400,000
Raincoat Pikachu (Japanese) PSA 10
Art Academy contest promo · 2015
Fanatics Collect · Sep 28, 2026
No. 3
$5,000,000
Pikachu Illustrator (Japanese) PSA 9
CoroCoro Comic promo · 1998
Heritage Auctions · Sep 19, 2026

4.$3.72M
Art Academy Mudkip (Japanese)
PSA 10
Fanatics
5.$2.81M
Pikachu Illustrator (Japanese)
CGC 9
Goldin6.$2.7M
PSA 10
Alt
7.$1.77M
Bronze Trophy Pikachu (Japanese)
PSA 10
Goldin8.$1.55M
PSA 10
Alt
9.$1.41M
Pikachu Illustrator (Japanese)
PSA 9
Heritage10.$1.39M
PSA 10
Alt
| # | Card | Grade | Price paid | Where | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pikachu Illustrator (Japanese)CoroCoro Comic promo · 1998 | PSA 10 | $16,492,000 | Feb 16, 2026 | |
| 2 | Raincoat Pikachu (Japanese)Art Academy contest promo · 2015 | PSA 10 | $8,400,000 | Sep 28, 2026 | |
| 3 | Pikachu Illustrator (Japanese)CoroCoro Comic promo · 1998 | PSA 9 | $5,000,000 | Sep 19, 2026 | |
| 4 | Art Academy Mudkip (Japanese)Art Academy contest promo · 2015 | PSA 10 | $3,720,000 | Sep 25, 2026 | |
| 5 | Pikachu Illustrator (Japanese)CoroCoro Comic promo · 1998 | CGC 9 | $2,806,271 | Sep 20, 2026 | |
| 6 | PSA 10 | $2,700,000 | Sep 10, 2026 | ||
| 7 | Bronze Trophy Pikachu (Japanese)Tournament prize promo · 1998 | PSA 10 | $1,769,000 | May 18, 2026 | |
| 8 | PSA 10 | $1,549,690 | Oct 8, 2026 | ||
| 9 | Pikachu Illustrator (Japanese)CoroCoro Comic promo · 1998 | PSA 9 | $1,406,250 | Mar 28, 2026 | |
| 10 | PSA 10 | $1,385,274 | Oct 8, 2026 | ||
| 11 | No Rarity Symbol Charizard (Japanese)Base Set · 1996 | PSA 10 | $1,232,200 | Mar 8, 2026 | |
| 12 | Pikachu Illustrator (Japanese)CoroCoro Comic promo · 1998 | PSA Authentic | $1,079,700 | Jun 29, 2026 | |
| 13 | Tamamushi University Magikarp (Japanese)Tamamushi University prize promo · 1998 | PSA 10 | $1,056,000 | Oct 15, 2026 | |
| 14 | PSA 10 | $1,046,250 | Oct 15, 2026 | ||
| 15 | Raincoat Pikachu (Japanese)Art Academy contest promo · 2015 | PSA 10 | $1,037,000 | Oct 12, 2026 | |
| 16 | CGC Pristine 10 | $1,020,000 | Aug 28, 2026 | ||
| 17 | PSA 10 | $1,020,000 | Sep 21, 2026 | ||
| 18 | Pikachu Illustrator (Japanese)CoroCoro Comic promo · 1998 | BGS 8.5 | $1,006,500 | Aug 16, 2026 | |
| 19 | Daisuke Club Umbreon (Japanese)Legend promo · 2009 | PSA 10 | $1,005,000 | Oct 15, 2026 | |
| 20 | Gold Trophy Pikachu (Japanese)Tournament prize promo · 1997 | PSA 8 | $982,100 | Mar 8, 2026 | |
| 21 | PSA 10 | $960,000 | Oct 5, 2026 | ||
| 22 | PSA 10 | $954,800 | Feb 16, 2026 | ||
| 23 | PSA 10 | $900,000 | Sep 21, 2026 | ||
| 24 | Pikachu Illustrator (Japanese)CoroCoro Comic promo · 1998 | PSA 8.5 | $843,750 | Jun 27, 2026 | |
| 25 | PSA 10 | $840,000 | Oct 5, 2026 |
- The Pikachu Illustrator (Japanese) heads the list at $16,492,000, ahead of a Raincoat Pikachu (Japanese) PSA 10 at $8,400,000 (Fanatics Collect, Sep 28, 2026) and another Illustrator, a PSA 9, at $5,000,000 (Heritage Auctions, Sep 19, 2026).
- The Illustrator appears 9 times in the top 50. The highest-placed English card is the Torchic ☆ PSA 10 at No. 6.
- The 1st Edition Base Set Charizard appears 2 times in the top 25.
- The full top 50 is in the CSV.
When did the big sales happen? Most came after September 1
360 of the 525 sales of $100,000 or more came on or after September 1, worth $104,003,310.
Part of that is coverage: Alt’s sales are in UltraBall’s data only from Jul 19, 2026, and Alt alone accounts for 135 of the year’s six-figure sales. So the cleanest test is one venue across the whole year. Fanatics Collect is in the data at full depth from February.
- 3 to 11
- Fanatics sales a month, February to July
- 28
- August
- 90
- September
- $31,060,999
- 102
- October, to the 16th
- $23,238,000
- Feb3$780K
- Mar5$994K
- Apr4$834K
- May8$1.4M
- Jun11$1.99M
- Jul10$1.31M
- Aug28$5.45M
- Sep90$31.1M
- Oct 1–16102$23.2M
Of the Fanatics sales since September 1, 183 were lots in its Sunday-night Weekly Auction and 9 were in its Premier auctions or other sales.
How much has a 1st Edition Charizard sold for? $456K to $528K in the spring, $1.39M in October
Through June every sale but one landed in a tight band, $456,000 to $528,000.
The 1st Edition Base Set Charizard sold 8 times in PSA 10 this year. The exception to the band was the copy Goldin sold as the “Logan Paul Break” for $954,800 on Feb 16, 2026, in the same auction as his Illustrator. The Oct 8, 2026 sale at Alt was 2.6 times the highest of the band.
| Card | Grade | Price paid | Where | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $954,800 | Feb 16, 2026 | ||
| PSA 10 | $528,000 | Feb 20, 2026 | ||
| PSA 10 | $518,500 | Mar 9, 2026 | ||
| PSA 10 | $480,000 | Mar 20, 2026 | ||
| PSA 10 | $456,000 | Apr 17, 2026 | ||
| PSA 10 | $504,000 | May 22, 2026 | ||
| PSA 10 | $462,500 | Jun 26, 2026 | ||
| PSA 10 | $1,385,274 | Oct 8, 2026 |
One more record is left out. PSA’s auction-price records list an eBay sale of the card for $1,924,572 on Jul 13, 2026, but the same PSA cert (50120100) sold for $2,100 on Jun 9, so the record is not the card it names.
Which Pokémon cards sell for $100,000 or more? Japanese prize cards, Gold Stars and reverse holos
7 of the 10 biggest sales were Japanese prize cards that were never sold in packs.
- The Pikachu Illustrator was a prize in CoroCoro Comic’s illustration contests in 1997 and 1998.
- The Art Academy cards of 2015 were printed from the winning entries of a Japanese drawing competition and given to the winners.
- The trophy Pikachus went to the top players at Japanese tournaments in the late 1990s.
Few copies of any of them exist. 23 of the top 50 sales were Japanese cards.

1.$16.5M
Pikachu Illustrator (Japanese)
PSA 10
Goldin
2.$8.4M
Raincoat Pikachu (Japanese)
PSA 10
Fanatics
3.$5M
Pikachu Illustrator (Japanese)
PSA 9
Heritage
4.$3.72M
Art Academy Mudkip (Japanese)
PSA 10
Fanatics
5.$2.81M
Pikachu Illustrator (Japanese)
CGC 9
Goldin
7.$1.77M
Bronze Trophy Pikachu (Japanese)
PSA 10
Goldin
9.$1.41M
Pikachu Illustrator (Japanese)
PSA 9
Heritage
11.$1.23M
No Rarity Symbol Charizard (Japanese)
PSA 10
Goldin
12.$1.08M
Pikachu Illustrator (Japanese)
PSA Authentic
Goldin
13.$1.06M
Tamamushi University Magikarp (Japanese)
PSA 10
Alt
15.$1.04M
Raincoat Pikachu (Japanese)
PSA 10
Goldin
18.$1.01M
Pikachu Illustrator (Japanese)
BGS 8.5
Goldin
19.$1M
Daisuke Club Umbreon (Japanese)
PSA 10
Alt
20.$982K
Gold Trophy Pikachu (Japanese)
PSA 8
Goldin
24.$844K
Pikachu Illustrator (Japanese)
PSA 8.5
Heritage
26.$810K
Snap Best Photo Bulbasaur (Japanese)
PSA 8
Goldin
29.$727K
Pikachu Illustrator (Japanese)
PSA 8.5
Goldin
35.$660K
Meli Art Academy Pikachu (Japanese)
PSA 10
Fanatics
38.$641K
Parent/Child Kangaskhan (Japanese)
CGC Pristine 10
Goldin
39.$641K
Snap Best Photo Charmander (Japanese)
PSA 8
Goldin
43.$586K
Pikachu Illustrator (Japanese)
PSA Authentic
Goldin
46.$555K
Snap Best Photo Squirtle (Japanese)
PSA 6
Goldin
50.$519K
Charizard (Japanese)
BGS 10 Black Label
Goldin
Among English cards, Wizards of the Coast cards (1999–2003) made up 169 of the six-figure sales, and 101 were from the EX era (2003–2007) and 54 from Diamond & Pearl and Platinum (2007–2010), more than the 12 printed since 2014.
- Wizards of the Coast (1999–2003)169$39.7M
- EX era (2003–2007)101$22.1M
- Diamond & Pearl and Platinum (2007–2010)54$11.4M
- HeartGold & SoulSilver and Black & White (2010–2013)31$6.94M
- XY onwards (2014–)12$2.26M
Two groups stand out:
- The Gold Star cards, the single-star rares of the EX era, account for 4 of the top 50, including 4 of the 19 $1 million sales.
- The “fireworks” reverse holos from 2002’s Legendary Collection take 8 places in the top 50.
28.$780K
PSA 10
Fanatics30.$705K
PSA 10
Alt32.$660K
PSA 10
Fanatics37.$651K
PSA 10
Alt41.$615K
PSA 10
Alt42.$600K
PSA 10
Fanatics44.$576K
CGC Pristine 10
Fanatics45.$575K
PSA 10
Heritage
406 of the 525 sales were PSA 10s. The rest were mostly CGC Pristine and Gem Mint 10s, Beckett 10s including Black Labels, and 28 PSA 9s.
Where do the biggest Pokémon card sales happen?
Fanatics Collect accounted for 261 of the 525 sales, worth $67,060,999.
Fanatics Collect261$67.1M
Alt135$36.1M
Goldin75$44M
eBay45$6.21M
Heritage Auctions9$8.99M
Goldin sold 75, worth $44,010,212, including the year’s top sale. Alt sold 135 in under three months of data. eBay had 45, and 14 of them sold without an auction, at a fixed price or on an accepted offer.
Can a card’s price jump overnight? When a price moves far above its last sale
Some of these prices are far above anything the same card had sold for: the Cresselia PSA 10 sold for 152× its earlier sale.
Cresselia PSA 10
- Sep 21, 2026
- $6,300 · Fanatics Collect
- Oct 5, 2026
- $960,000 · Fanatics Collect
152× the earlier sale
Torchic ☆ PSA 10
- Jun 17, 2024
- $38,400 · Fanatics Collect
- Sep 10, 2026
- $2,700,000 · Alt
70× the earlier sale
The clearest case is the Cresselia PSA 10 from Great Encounters (2008). On Sep 21, 2026 one sold at Fanatics Collect for $6,300. On Oct 5, 2026, at the same venue, another sold for $960,000, after 38 bids, for a card PSA has graded 10 46 times.
It is one result, but it is a real sale, published by the venue, and it belongs on the list.
The biggest jump among English cards is the Torchic ☆ PSA 10, No. 6 on the list. It has no other sale at an auction house in 2026 in the data. The last one before it sold at Fanatics Collect for $38,400 on Jun 17, 2024, and the $2,700,000 sale at Alt is the only record of the price.
For 20 of the top 50, an earlier 2026 sale of the same card, printing and grade at an auction house is in the data. It is in the CSV beside each sale.
What are the latest $100,000+ sales? A round-up every two weeks
Every two weeks UltraBall publishes a round-up of each new Pokémon card sale of $50,000 or more.
This report is fixed as of Oct 16, 2026. The round-ups use the same rules, across Alt, Fanatics Collect, Goldin and eBay. The first covers the two weeks to Oct 26, 2026.
The market news page has every round-up, alongside the weekly list of the most expensive cards sold on eBay.
How this list was built
Every sale is counted once, at the price the buyer paid.
Sources. Every sales source in UltraBall’s ledger, read on Oct 18, 2026:
- eBay (Jan 1, 2026 to Oct 16, 2026)
- Fanatics Collect (Jan 1, 2026 to Oct 16, 2026)
- Alt (Jul 19, 2026 to Oct 16, 2026)
- Goldin (Jan 5, 2026 to Oct 12, 2026)
- Heritage Auctions (Jan 14, 2026 to Aug 19, 2026)
- Robert Edward Auctions (Jan 19, 2026 to Aug 18, 2026)
eBay comes from four feeds of sold listings, which are near complete from June and thinner before then. PSA’s auction-price records fill the gap for PSA-graded eBay sales from January to August, and they are the source for Heritage and Robert Edward Auctions.
Alt is in the data from Jul 19, 2026, so any Alt sale before that is missing. Fanatics Collect is thin in January. There are no Japanese marketplaces and no private sales.
The venues’ own results. The ledger holds only sales it can match to a card in UltraBall’s catalogue, so the year’s biggest sales, of cards the catalogue does not list (the Pikachu Illustrator, the Art Academy and trophy cards), were missing from it.
They come from the venues’ own published results, read on Oct 18, 2026: Goldin’s results for every Elite, special and TCG weekly auction of 2026 (140 Pokémon lots of $80,000 or more), Fanatics Collect’s public search of sold lots (388) and Alt’s sales (200).
Heritage’s results pages cannot be read automatically, so its Illustrator sales come from Heritage’s announcement of the $5,000,000 sale, Heritage’s announcement of the $1,406,250 sale and Heritage’s announcement of the $843,750 sale. Any other Heritage sale of a card outside the catalogue is not in the list.
Awaiting payment. 37 of the sales, worth $11,723,460, were auctions at Alt that had closed but not yet been paid for when the data was read, among them the Typhlosion (1st Edition) PSA 10 at $1,549,690, Tamamushi University Magikarp (Japanese) PSA 10 at $1,056,000, Mudkip ☆ PSA 10 at $1,046,250. They are counted as sold.
One sale, one price. A sale reported by several sources is counted once, matched by its listing (eBay item, Fanatics or Goldin lot, Alt item), or by card, grade and price within 3 days for a PSA record with no listing link.
Every price is what the buyer paid. Alt, Fanatics and PSA’s records already include the buyer’s premium, except Fanatics’ Oct 12, 2026 Weekly Auction, which the data holds at hammer and which has Fanatics’ 20% premium added (every earlier week’s paid price is exactly hammer × 1.2).
Goldin’s hammer prices have its premium added: 22% on most auctions, and the 24% Goldin set for its February Pokémon auction, which sold the Illustrator. PSA’s records of Goldin sales match hammer × 1.22. Grades are as sold: a CGC Pristine 10 and a Beckett Black Label are listed as such, and a reverse holo or 1st Edition is a separate card from its base print.
Left out. Lots of several cards. eBay listings that took an offer without saying for how much, and Fanatics buy-now listings with no known outcome: in both cases the figure is the asking price, not what anyone paid.
A fixed-price or offer sale at over 10 times the highest price the same card and grade had reached at auction earlier in 2026, which means a wrong listing or an unconfirmed offer.
A record whose PSA cert sold elsewhere in 2026 for under a 50th of the price. Auctions are never left out on price. 69 records of $100,000 or more were set aside on these rules:
| Record | Recorded | Why it is not on the list |
|---|---|---|
| $1,924,572 | The same PSA cert (50120100) sold for $2,100 on Jun 9, so the record is not the card it names. | |
| $1,218,750 | A lot of several cards. | |
| Lot(19) 2002 Pokemon Legendary Collection Holo Charizard Zapdos Dark Blastoise #1-19 PSA 10 ALLPSA 10 · Fanatics Collect · Oct 12, 2026 | $960,000 | A lot of several cards. |
| 2000 Pokemon Black Star Promo Holo Venusaur #13 PSA 10 GEM MINTPSA 10 · Fanatics Collect · Oct 12, 2026 | $775,000 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. |
| $775,000 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. | |
| 1996 Pokemon Japanese Base Set Holo Uncut Sheet (64 Cards) - 23 x 30.5 - Including Charizard, Blastoise, Venusaur · Goldin · Feb 16, 2026 | $613,801 | A graded copy whose grade the feed could not read. |
| $475,000 | The same PSA cert (28942664) sold for $9,000 on Jul 25, so the record is not the card it names. | |
| $420,000 | An offer sale at 84 times the highest earlier 2026 auction of the same card and grade ($5,000), with no competing bids. | |
| 2010 Pokemon Heartgold & Soulsilver Promo Holo Lugia #HGSS02 PSA 10 GEM MINTPSA 10 · Fanatics Collect · Oct 6, 2026 | $400,000 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. |
| $400,000 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. | |
| 2000 Pokemon Neo Genesis 1st Edition Holo Typhlosion #17 · Alt · Sep 24, 2026 | $354,000 | A graded copy whose grade the feed could not read. |
| Lot(11) 2015-16 Pokemon Japanese XY Promo Poncho Wearing & Mario Luigi Pikachu ALL PSA 10PSA 10 · Fanatics Collect · Aug 31, 2026 | $336,000 | A lot of several cards. |
| 2006 Pokemon Ex Dragon Frontiers Gold Star Holo Mew #101 · Alt · Oct 1, 2026 | $305,611 | A graded copy whose grade the feed could not read. |
| 2001 Pokemon Neo Revelation 1st Edition Holo Houndoom #8 PSA 10 GEM MINTPSA 10 · Fanatics Collect · Oct 16, 2026 | $299,000 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. |
| 2005 Pokemon Japanese Promo Champion's League Trophy Card PSA 10 GEM MINTPSA 10 · Fanatics Collect · Oct 5, 2026 | $250,000 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. |
| 1999 Pokemon Japanese Vending Masaki Promo Holo Gengar #94 PSA 10 GEM MINTPSA 10 · Fanatics Collect · Sep 22, 2026 | $249,999 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. |
| $222,190 | An eBay offer whose amount is not known: the figure is the asking price. | |
| 1999 Pokemon Base Set Shadowless 1st Edition PSA MINT 9 Complete Set (103) - Featuring Charizard, Blastoise, Venusaur, "Red Cheeks" PikachuPSA 9 · Goldin · Sep 20, 2026 | $207,400 | A lot of several cards. |
| $200,000 | A fixed price sale at 15 times the highest earlier 2026 auction of the same card and grade ($13,201), with no competing bids. | |
| 2014 Pokemon World Championships No. 1-4 Trainer Pikachu Trophy CGC-Graded Cards Collection (4 Different)CGC 4 · Goldin · Mar 9, 2026 | $195,200 | A lot of several cards. |
| 1999 Pokemon Jungle 1st Edition Holo Kangaskhan #5 PSA 10 GEM MINTPSA 10 · Fanatics Collect · Oct 10, 2026 | $185,000 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. |
| 2000 Pokemon Black Star Promo Holo Eevee #11 PSA 10 GEM MINTPSA 10 · Fanatics Collect · Oct 7, 2026 | $180,000 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. |
| 1996 Pokemon Japanese Base Set PSA GEM MT 10 Complete Set (102) - Featuring Holo Charizard, Blastoise, Venusaur Cards - #1 on the PSA Set Registry · Goldin · Jun 18, 2026 | $178,120 | A graded copy whose grade the feed could not read. |
| 2000 Pokemon The Movie Promo Ancient Mew Framed Uncut Sheet (89 Cards) - 29.75 x 42.25 · Goldin · Aug 10, 2026 | $172,020 | A graded copy whose grade the feed could not read. |
| 2003 Pokemon Aquapolis Holo Crystal Lugia #149 PSA 10 GEM MINTPSA 10 · Fanatics Collect · Aug 25, 2026 | $169,999 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. |
| $169,999 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. | |
| 2002 Pokemon Japanese 1st Edition Holo Crystal Pokemon CGC-, PSA-Graded Complete Set (9) - All PSA GEM MT 10 or CGC PRISTINE 10, Including Crystal Charizard CGC Pristine 10 · Goldin · Aug 10, 2026 | $161,040 | A lot of several cards. |
| 1999 Pokemon Base Set 1st Edition PSA MINT 9 Complete Set (102 Cards) - Featuring Charizard, Blastoise, VenusaurPSA 9 · Goldin · Jun 18, 2026 | $158,600 | A lot of several cards. |
| Lot(103) 1999 Pokemon Base Set Shadowless 1st Edition Complete w/ Red Cheeks Pikachu PSA 9 ALLPSA 9 · Fanatics Collect · Oct 12, 2026 | $156,000 | A lot of several cards. |
| Lot(3) 2006 Pokemon EX Holon Phantoms Reverse Holo Deoxys #4-6 PSA 10 GEM MINT ALLPSA 10 · Fanatics Collect · Oct 12, 2026 | $156,000 | A lot of several cards. |
| 2006-09 Pokemon Japanese Lv. X PSA GEM MT 10 Complete Set (72) - Featuring Pikachu M, Giratina, Infernape, Empoleon, Charizard G PSA 10 · Goldin · Jun 29, 2026 | $150,676 | A lot of several cards. |
| 2010 Pokemon Japanese Design Promo Fan Winner Illusion's Zorua PSA 10 GEM MINTPSA 10 · Fanatics Collect · Sep 30, 2026 | $150,000 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. |
| 2010 Pokemon Japanese Contest Promo 2nd Grade Winner Illusion's Zorua PSA 10 GEMPSA 10 · Fanatics Collect · Oct 2, 2026 | $150,000 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. |
| 2001 Pokemon Neo 4 Darkness and To Light Japanese Shining Charizard #6 · Alt · Aug 20, 2026 | $150,000 | A graded copy whose grade the feed could not read. |
| 2006 Pokemon Ex Crystal Guardians Holo Celebi Gold Star #100 · Alt · Oct 1, 2026 | $144,040 | A graded copy whose grade the feed could not read. |
| 1996 Pokemon Japanese Bandai Carddass Vending Pikachu #25 PSA 10 GEM MINTPSA 10 · Fanatics Collect · Oct 16, 2026 | $140,000 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. |
| 2000 Pokemon Team Rocket 1st Edition PSA GEM MT 10 Complete Set (83) - Featuring Holo Dark Charizard, Dark Blastoise, Dark Dragonite, Dark RaichuPSA 10 · Goldin · May 18, 2026 | $135,420 | A lot of several cards. |
| 2006 Pokemon EX Holon Phantoms Holo Pikachu Gold Star #104 PSA 10 GEM MINTPSA 10 · Fanatics Collect · May 12, 2026 | $135,000 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. |
| 2016 Pokemon XY Black Star Promo Japanese Mega Charizard X Pikachu Special Box Promo Poncho Wearing Pikachu #207XYP · Alt · Oct 8, 2026 | $132,000 | A graded copy whose grade the feed could not read. |
| $130,000 | A lot of several cards. | |
| 2019 Pokemon Sun and Moon Team Up Latias/Latios Gx #170 · Alt · Oct 1, 2026 | $126,893 | A graded copy whose grade the feed could not read. |
| $125,000 | A fixed price sale at 59 times the highest earlier 2026 auction of the same card and grade ($2,125), with no competing bids. | |
| 2016 Pokemon Japanese XY Mario Pikachu & Luigi Pikachu Special Box Promo PSA GEM MT 10 Sequentially Graded Complete Set (4) - Cards Signed by Kouki Saitou, Slab Exteriors Signed by Charles Martinet - JSA LOA (4)PSA 10 · Goldin · Mar 9, 2026 | $122,000 | A lot of several cards. |
| 2015-16 Pokemon Japanese XY/Sun & Moon Promo Poncho-Wearing Pikachu/Pretend Pikachu PSA GEM MT 10 Collection (7 Different) - Sequential PSA Certification Numbers · Goldin · Feb 16, 2026 | $120,280 | A graded copy whose grade the feed could not read. |
| Lot (2) 2010 Pokemon HeartGold & SoulSilver Holo Lugia Legend #113-114 PSA 10 GEM MINT ALLPSA 10 · Fanatics Collect · Aug 10, 2026 | $120,000 | A lot of several cards. |
| 2006 Pokemon EX Dragon Frontiers Holo Charizard Gold Star #100 PSA 10 GEM MINTPSA 10 · Fanatics Collect · Feb 12, 2026 | $120,000 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. |
| 2005 Pokemon Japanese EX Summer Battle Road Mew Victory Orb Trophy PSA 10 GEM MINTPSA 10 · Fanatics Collect · Sep 15, 2026 | $120,000 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. |
| 2000 Pokemon Japanese Promo 500 Pt. Fan Club Holo Eevee #133 PSA 10 GEM MINTPSA 10 · Fanatics Collect · Sep 30, 2026 | $120,000 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. |
| $120,000 | A lot of several cards. | |
| 2012 Pokemon Japanese BW Promo Get! Full Art Giratina EX #146 PSA 10 GEM MINTPSA 10 · Fanatics Collect · Oct 12, 2026 | $119,900 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. |
| 2012 Pokemon Japanese BW Promo Get! Full Art Giratina EX #146 PSA 10 GEM MINTPSA 10 · Fanatics Collect · Oct 12, 2026 | $119,900 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. |
| $112,152 | A fixed price sale at 19 times the highest earlier 2026 auction of the same card and grade ($5,950), with no competing bids. | |
| Chris Maple Pokemon Logo Creator - Signed Pokemon Franchise Logo Artwork - Watercolor on Museum Paper - 26 x 12 - JSA LOA · Goldin · Mar 9, 2026 | $111,752 | A graded copy whose grade the feed could not read. |
| $110,573 | An eBay offer whose amount is not known: the figure is the asking price. | |
| $110,000 | An eBay offer whose amount is not known: the figure is the asking price. | |
| 2015-16 Pokemon Japanese XY/Sun & Moon Promo Poncho-Wearing Pikachu/Pretend Pikachu PSA GEM MT 10 Card Collection (7 Different) - Sequential PSA Certification Numbers - Including Pretend Team Skull Pikachu, Mega Charizard X Poncho-Wearing Pikachu · Goldin · Mar 23, 2026 | $109,949 | A graded copy whose grade the feed could not read. |
| 2002 Pokemon Japanese Mysterious Mountains 1st Edition Holo #089 Crystal Charizard - AGS GEM-MT 10 · Goldin · Sep 28, 2026 | $109,800 | A graded copy whose grade the feed could not read. |
| 2019 Pokemon Japanese Sun & Moon Promo Extra Battle Day Full Art #395 Acerola, #396 Guzma, #397 Lillie PSA GEM MT 10 Complete Set (3)PSA 10 · Goldin · May 18, 2026 | $103,700 | A lot of several cards. |
| 2003 Pokemon Skyridge Holo Crystal Charizard #146 PSA 10 GEM MINTPSA 10 · Fanatics Collect · May 8, 2026 | $102,000 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. |
| 2013-17 Pokemon Japanese Poncho-Wearing Pikachu and Pretend Grunt Pikachu BGS PRISTINE 10 Promo Cards Collection (7 Different) - Including Pretend Team Skull Pikachu, Mega Charizard X Poncho-Wearing Pikachu ExamplesBGS 10 · Goldin · Jun 1, 2026 | $100,041 | A lot of several cards. |
| 1999-2000 Pokemon Fossil Copyright Gengar #20 PSA 10 GEM MINTPSA 10 · Fanatics Collect · Mar 27, 2026 | $100,000 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. |
| 2001 Pokemon Japanese Neo 4 Shining Charizard #6 PSA 10 GEM MINTPSA 10 · Fanatics Collect · Apr 9, 2026 | $100,000 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. |
| 1996 Pokemon Japanese CoroCoro Comics Promo Glossy Ivy Pikachu #25 PSA 9(oc) MINTPSA 9 · Fanatics Collect · Oct 14, 2026 | $100,000 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. |
| 2010 Pokemon Japanese Design Contest Promo Pucchigumi Winner Illusion's Zorua PSA 10 GEMPSA 10 · Fanatics Collect · May 20, 2026 | $100,000 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. |
| 2015 Pokemon XY Art Academy Competition Xime Pikachu #25 PSA 9 MINTPSA 9 · Fanatics Collect · Sep 28, 2026 | $100,000 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. |
| 2015 Pokemon XY Art Academy Competition Meli Pikachu #025 PSA 9 MINTPSA 9 · Fanatics Collect · Sep 29, 2026 | $100,000 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. |
| 2010 Pokemon Japanese Design Contest Promo 4th Grade Winner Illusion's Zoroark PSA 9 MINTPSA 9 · Fanatics Collect · Aug 5, 2026 | $100,000 | A Fanatics buy-now listing with no known outcome: the figure is the asking price. |
| $100,000 | A graded copy whose grade the feed could not read. | |
| $100,000 | A fixed price sale at 39 times the highest earlier 2026 auction of the same card and grade ($2,550), with no competing bids. |
Limits. The list covers the sales UltraBall can see, from the sources and dates above, and nothing else: no private sales, no Japanese marketplaces, no auction house outside those listed, and no eBay sale the ledger could not match to a card.
A sale outside them could be bigger than any here, so “biggest” means biggest in the data. A missing sale makes a count lower, never a price higher.
The counts by month are affected by the dates each source joined the data, which is why the trend above is read from one venue. The live record sales page keeps updating; this report is fixed as of Oct 16, 2026.
Questions people ask
What is the most expensive Pokémon card sale of 2026?
In UltraBall’s data for 1 January to 16 October 2026, the most expensive sale was a Pikachu Illustrator (Japanese) PSA 10 at $16,492,000, sold at Goldin on Feb 16, 2026. The next-biggest was a Raincoat Pikachu (Japanese) PSA 10 at $8,400,000. Prices are what the buyer paid, buyer’s premium included.
How many Pokémon cards have sold for over $100,000 in 2026?
UltraBall recorded 525 Pokémon card sales of $100,000 or more from 1 January to 16 October 2026, for a combined $162,319,302; 19 reached $1 million or more. 360 of them came on or after September 1, partly because Alt is in the data only from Jul 19, 2026.
How much is a 1st Edition Charizard worth in 2026?
In UltraBall’s data a PSA 10 1st Edition Base Set Charizard sold 7 times between February and June, all but one for $456,000 to $528,000, and since July for $1,385,274. Prices are what the buyer paid, buyer’s premium included.
Which eras of Pokémon cards sell for over $100,000?
Mostly vintage. Of UltraBall’s 525 sales of $100,000 or more, 169 were Wizards of the Coast cards (1999 to 2003), 101 EX era (2003 to 2007) and 54 Diamond & Pearl or Platinum, against 12 printed since 2014. 406 were PSA 10s.
Where do the biggest Pokémon card sales happen?
Fanatics Collect accounted for 261 of UltraBall’s 525 sales of $100,000 or more, worth $67,060,999, followed by Alt with 135 and eBay with 45. Alt’s sales are in the data only from Jul 19, 2026.
The figures in this report are fixed as published. For the latest readings see the live data; every term is defined on the methodology page.
