{"id":119186,"date":"2020-10-11T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/10\/retired_rapper_logic_reportedly_spent_usd226k_on_a_first_edition_pokemon_card"},"modified":"2020-10-11T14:55:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T14:55:00","slug":"retired-rapper-logic-reportedly-spent-226k-on-a-first-edition-pokemon-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/10\/11\/retired-rapper-logic-reportedly-spent-226k-on-a-first-edition-pokemon-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired Rapper Logic Reportedly Spent $226K On A First Edition Pok\u00e9mon Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/16335f342059c\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/16335f342059c\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/16335f342059c\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><\/figure>\n<p>We know Pok\u00e9mon cards are going up in value, but this might be a whole new level of insanity.<\/p>\n<p>According to TMZ, the now-former rapper Logic recently purchased a first edition Charizard (PSA 10) &#8211; dating back to 1999, for a <em>whopping<\/em> $226,000 (about \u00a3173,200) during a live auction.<\/p>\n<p>Cardhops confirmed the total transaction value exceeded $220k and also noted how it was the highest known sale of the card.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A PSA 10 Base Set 1st Edition Charizard just sold at auction with an ending bid of $183,812.00 via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IconicAuctions?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IconicAuctions<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Including the 20% buyer&#8217;s premium, the total transaction value exceeds $220k. <\/p>\n<p>As of now, this is the highest known sale of the card. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2mwkoopTvL\">pic.twitter.com\/2mwkoopTvL<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Cardhops (@Cardhops) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cardhops\/status\/1314756458668412928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>In addition to this, Logic <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Logic301\/status\/1314656635181133824\">bought an original base set box<\/a> for a <em>cool<\/em> $23,000. Here&#8217;s some insight into his recent purchases (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CGLCN0EhP3k\/\">via Instagram<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;When I was a kid I absolutely loved Poke\u0301mon but couldn\u2019t afford the cards. I remember even trying to trade food stamps for theirs and now as an adult who has saved every penny he has made being able to enjoy something that I\u2019ve loved since childhood now as a grown man is like buying back a piece of something I could never have, it\u2019s not about the material it\u2019s about the experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>Anyone here got a first edition Pok\u00e9mon card? How about a Charizard holo&#8230;<em>tell us down below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We know Pok\u00e9mon cards are going up in value, but this might be a whole new level of insanity. According to TMZ, the now-former rapper Logic recently purchased a first edition Charizard (PSA 10) &#8211; dating back to 1999, for a whopping $226,000 (about \u00a3173,200) during a live auction. Cardhops confirmed the total transaction value [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}