Hottest Sales of the Week: Vintage Keeps Breaking Records
A $408K Legendary Collection Gengar, a $204K Pikachu, and a $132K Shining Charizard led a record-breaking week. The hottest Pokemon sales, June 8-14.
By Chase Society Desk
Some weeks the top of the market just won't sit still. This was one of them.
Vintage Pokemon broke records on both the graded and the sealed boards this week, and Legendary Collection reverse holos led nearly all of it. Here are the hottest Pokemon sales we tracked, June 8 to 14.
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The graded grails
Vintage stole the show again, and it wasn't a Charizard leading the charge.
A Legendary Collection Reverse Holo Gengar topped everything at $408,000, with a Legendary Collection Reverse Holo Pikachu right behind it at $204,000.
Sit with the Pikachu for a second. The last public sale we could find was $3,760 in March 2024. Less than two and a half years later, it changed hands for $204,000.
The Gengar is the wilder one. A PSA 10 copy sold for $5,800 back in June 2021. This week another brought $408,000. From $5,800 to $408,000 in under five years. That's the kind of appreciation you rarely see in any market.
The rest of the board barely cooled off. A Japanese Neo Destiny Shining Charizard brought $132,000, a second Legendary Collection Charizard added $120,000, and a CGC Pristine 1st Edition Neo Genesis Lugia rounded out the top five at $90,000. Every one of them set a new record.
On the sealed side
The sealed side didn't bring the raw numbers we've been seeing recently, but it confirms how strong the demand for Legendary Collection assets is right now.
Four Legendary Collection booster packs led at $14,550. After watching Legendary Collection cards take the top of the graded board, that price makes sense. Each pack is a lottery ticket on a $408K Gengar or a $204K Pikachu.
Japanese sealed kept pulling real money. A Pretend Team Skull Pikachu box sold for $14,300, and a 2004 Deoxys Space Fissure lenticular reached $11,500. Even modern showed up, with a Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes master case at $9,201.
The read
Vintage is still on fire, and Legendary Collection was the story of the week. It took the top two graded slabs, a third six-figure Charizard, and the hottest sealed lot on the board.
When one set runs the card board and the pack board in the same week, the demand for scarce vintage is the real signal. Collectors can't get enough of it right now.
We'll keep watching the top of the market closely.
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