In a plot twist nobody saw coming except maybe the ghost of 1999, Logan Paul just flipped his blinged-out Pikachu Illustrator card for a cool $16.5 million—proving once again that if you wait long enough, childhood obsessions become adult lottery tickets. The YouTube-turned-wrestler-turned-mogul originally snagged it for $5.275M, slapped a diamond chain on it like it was streetwear, wore it to WrestleMania like a championship belt, and now some venture capitalist kid is the new proud owner. It’s the most expensive piece of laminated nostalgia ever, and honestly, we’re all just jealous we didn’t hoard our holographic Charizards.
Logan Paul’s Pikachu Illustrator Pokémon card sells for record $16.5M at auction