The rarest of rare Pokemon cards has just sold for a whopping $195,000 at auction. The card is none other than the Japanese “Pikachu Illustrator” card, one of only 39 in the world.

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“What makes it so rare is that it was not sold, but awarded as a prize in an illustration contest through CoroCoro Comic,” the auction description explains. “This unique card was created specifically for the contest. In the January 1998 issue, three 1st Place winners won a copy of the card, as did another 20 2nd Place winners. With cards awarded in two more contests that year, there were a maximum of 39 copies released.”This one was in mint condition and received a near-perfect PSA grade of 9. It was sold by New York-based Weiss Auctions.This astonishing sum breaks the previous record for the highest-selling Pokemon card ever, which was another Pikachu Illustrator PSA 9 card that went for $100,000 on eBay in 2013. Another PSA 9 sold for $55,000 at auction in 2016 via Heritage Auctions.In other words, it might be worth digging into that old shoebox back at your parents’ house to see if you won any Pokemon art contests when you were a kid.In other Pokemon news, check out the unassuming card that Pokemon banned before it even came out And be sure to check out our video preview where we got some hands-on time with Pokemon Shield:

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