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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*This card currently holds the highest sale price for an individual Pokémon card. | *This card currently holds the highest sale price for an individual Pokémon card, at $5,275,000.<ref>https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/7/the-5-million-pokemon-card-inside-logan-pauls-record-breaking-trade-708581</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/GWR/status/1510464816024109056</ref> | ||
*This card is considered to be among the rarest in the world with only | *This card is considered to be among the rarest in the world, with only 39 copies officially distributed. | ||
**When a PSA 9-graded copy of this card sold for a record $100,000 in 2013, it was believed only 12 copies existed. | |||
**In 2019, it was discovered that extra copies of several early Japanese trophy cards which hadn't been officially awarded had started to appear on Japanese auction websites. As of August 2020, two additional Illustrator cards have appeared, bringing the total known to exist to at least 41. Both of these were put up for sale by Yuichi Konno, one of the four people involved in creating the rules for the trading card game. | |||
*This card features the word "Illustrator" at the top instead of "Trainer", and is the only card to do so. | *This card features the word "Illustrator" at the top instead of "Trainer", and is the only card to do so. | ||
*This card is also the only card with the unique pen symbol in the bottom right corner of the card. | **This card is also the only card with the unique pen symbol in the bottom right corner of the card. | ||
*This card is one of only a handful of Japanese promotional cards that feature a double-star rarity. | **This card is one of only a handful of Japanese promotional cards that feature a double-star rarity. | ||
*This card is commonly known as ''Pikachu Illustrator'' or ''Illustrator Pikachu'', in reference to the Pikachu in the illustration. | *This card is commonly known as ''Pikachu Illustrator'' or ''Illustrator Pikachu'', in reference to the Pikachu in the illustration. | ||
===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||