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Pok茅mon: Rare un-cut sheet of first edition cards sold at auction
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A super rare uncut sheet of Pok茅mon cards went up for auction recently, and sold for a staggering $171,600 (拢127,910)!
The sheet was made in 1998, and is made up of 99 Pok茅mon cards in total, which were printed out, but never cut up into individual cards and sold.
It contains 16 holographic - or shiny - cards including Charizard, Mewtwo, Blastoise and Venusaur.
The sheet went up for sale on the auction site Goldin.
The auctioneers described it as "a historic sheet of uncut Pokemon treasures; this is an incredible and prestigious display piece of immense rarity that is sure to be the crown jewel of the winning bidder".
Why is this sheet so special?
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This particular sheet of Pok茅mon cards is extra special for a few reasons.
The sheet is part of the Pok茅mon TCG's 1999 Base Set, the first set to be printed outside of Japan in English by makers Wizards of the Coast.
As well as this, the cards are also first edition, shadowless and feature some holographic cards.
One of the most expensive cards to sell at auction was a mint-condition, first-edition, shadowless, holographic Charizard for $369,000 (around 拢262,000) in December 2020.
"Sheets of first edition cards are virtually unheard of," said Dominic DiAntonio, the client partner director for Goldin Auctions.
Image source, Goldin auctions
As well as this, the sheet of cards once belonged to the boss in charge of Wizards of the Coast, and was displayed in their office, before being gifted to a member of the board.
At the top of the sheet is some writing which says: "OKAY FOR COLOR + FIT 11-30-98 7:25am", suggesting that the sheet was a test run, and showing it dates to November 1998, a couple of months before the cards were officially released in the United States.