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30th Celebration Hype Sends 23-Year-Old Pokémon Card To Staggering $360,000 Record

First reported · latest coverage · 1 outlet, 1 item · lead: Polygon.com8

30th Celebration Hype Sends 23-Year-Old Pokémon Card To Staggering $360,000 Record — image from Polygon.com
Image via Polygon.com (linked from the lead report)

What happened

Polygon.com carries the lead headline, “30th Celebration Hype Sends 23-Year-Old Pokémon Card To Staggering $360,000 Record”. It was first reported in our feed on Oct 6, 2026 at 1:10 PM CT.

Only one outlet in the Insider.Cards feed has reported this so far; this page updates automatically if more outlets, auction houses or creators follow.

The lead headline cites $360,000 — as published; check the source for context before relying on the figure.

Who’s covering it

Why it matters

  • Whale Alert. The headline carries a six-figure-or-larger dollar figure ($360,000); big-ticket results are the ones that reset comps.
  • Pokémon. It is part of the Pokémon TCG world, one of the biggest sealed-product and graded-card markets.
  • Pokémon. The Pokémon Trading Card Game: set reveals, chase cards, sealed product and the graded market. All Pokémon coverage →
  • Pokémon 30th Celebration. Pokémon 30th Celebration: release news, checklists, chase cards and market coverage as reported by hobby outlets. All Pokémon 30th Celebration coverage →

Coverage timeline

  1. first reportPolygon.com 30th Celebration Hype Sends 23-Year-Old Pokémon Card To Staggering $360,000 Record

Topics in this story

TCG PokémonSet Pokémon 30th CelebrationTopic Whale Alerts

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