$1.15 Million 1st Edition Charizard Leads 324 Pokémon Card Sales Over $50,000

A seven-figure Charizard tops the fortnight

The most valuable Pokémon card sale UltraBall tracked from 13 to 26 October was a 1st Edition Base Set Charizard (4/102) in PSA 10, which sold at auction on Fanatics Collect for $1.15 million on 23 October.

It led a fortnight of 324 sales of $50,000 or more across Alt, Fanatics Collect, Goldin and verified eBay US listings. Together they came to $42.1 million.

The count is up from 294 sales, worth $39.5 million, in the two weeks from 29 September to 12 October. The data records what sold, not why, so it cannot say whether the rise reflects stronger demand or simply a heavier auction calendar.

CharizardBase Set · 4/102Raw$631PSA 9$3,505PSA 10$40,800494 sales in 30 days4 weeks ▼ down −16%

Mudkip ☆Team Rocket Returns · 107/109Raw$7,250PSA 9$48,000PSA 10$1,046,25055 sales in 30 days4 weeks ▼ down −5.5%

EeveeLegendary Collection · 74/110Raw$4.97PSA 9$55.00PSA 10$3309 sales in 30 days4 weeks ▼ down −2.8%

CharizardLegendary Collection · 3/110Raw$451PSA 9$3,450PSA 10$57,60083 sales in 30 days4 weeks ▲ up +32%

Where the sales cleared

Fanatics Collect dominated, with 204 sales worth $26.3 million. Alt followed with 86 sales worth $12 million.

Goldin recorded 16 sales worth $2.73 million, while eBay logged 18 sales worth $1.02 million. eBay had more qualifying sales than Goldin, but Goldin's lots ran larger, including two of the top 11.

Every sale in UltraBall's published list for the fortnight was an auction. Buy It Now did not feature among the headline results.

Inside the list: Gold Stars, repeats and grades

The top end was deep: 130 sales cleared $100,000, 8 cleared $500,000 and 2 passed $1 million. The second seven-figure result was a Team Rocket Returns Mudkip ☆ (107/109) in PSA 10 at $1,046,250 on Alt.

Gold Star cards appeared 36 times. Mudkip ☆ sold again at Goldin for $610,000, and Holon Phantoms Mewtwo ☆ traded at $312,000, $298,900 and $264,000. Treecko ☆, Pikachu ☆, Latios ☆, Umbreon ☆ and Espeon ☆ also made six figures.

Repeat copies ran through the list. Skyridge Charizard sold at $195,200, $180,000, $156,000 and $154,000, and Legendary Collection reverse holo Charizard made $576,000 and $390,000. Repeated sales of one card give collectors rare sold comps at this level.

PSA 10 slabs made up 295 of the 324 sales. CGC also showed up near the top: a Deoxys Latios ☆ in CGC Pristine 10 sold for $504,000, and a Shadowless Base Set Charizard in CGC Pristine 10 made $250,000.

Why these cards draw bids

The 1st Edition Base Set Charizard is the hobby's best-known grail: the flagship holo of the 1999 English debut set, carrying the 1st Edition stamp. Centring and print lines make Gem Mint copies hard to find.

Gold Star cards come from the EX era that followed Wizards of the Coast. They were extremely hard pulls, often one per set, with an alternate-colour Pokémon marked by a star. That is why Team Rocket Returns Mudkip ☆ and Treecko ☆ sit among the top lots.

The 2002 Legendary Collection reverse holos, with their distinctive fireworks pattern, are notorious for surface wear, which keeps PSA 10 copies scarce. That helps explain an Eevee (74/110) at $615,000. Neo Genesis 1st Edition Lugia (9/111) at $514,080 and the Aquapolis Lugia secret rare (149/147) round out a top tier dominated by early-2000s cards.

Wizards of the Coast era cards accounted for 130 of the sales. Later material also featured, including XY-era Double Crisis Team Aqua's Kyogre-EX at $310,000. The year's running tally sits in UltraBall's report on the biggest Pokémon card sales of 2026. The list excludes Heritage Auctions, Robert Edward Auctions, private sales and Japanese marketplaces.