The card is accompanied by a custom wooden presentation box bearing Pauls Maverick logo and a plaque that reads Pokmon / Pikachu Illustrator / PSA 10 / 1 of 1. Due to the scarcity, grand value, and pedigree of this Pikachu Illustrator, this is one of the most significant public offerings of a Pokmon card in the history of the hobby and a potentially once-in-a-lifetime sale. In an Instagram video, Paul called the auction, absolute madness. At the peak of the Pokmon craze, which began back in November 1997, CoroCoro Comic announced a contest for readers called the Pokmon Card Game Illust Artist Contest. Readers were challenged to draw their own Pokmon card, then send it into the magazine
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The increasingly elaborate attempts to con unaware buyers even extends to fake cases based on the acrylic protectors provided by card grading services such as PSA
