Quote the ROI for Logan Paul, Lord have mercy.
Pokémon’s 30th anniversary is here, and with that being the case, cards are selling for beaucoup bucks these days. And one of the top-selling gems has belonged to cultural icon and WWE superstar Logan Paul for a a number of years.
Paul made the announcement that he was parting ways with the 1998 Pokémon Pikachu Illustrator card that was once placed in a custom diamond necklace. He made the purchase in 2021, then spending a total of $5,275,000, according to the USA Today. If you remember, he had a famous moment with the card during WrestleMania 38, wearing it around his neck while making his entrance. (RELATED: Why On Earth Did We Have A Boneless Chicken Wing Case In Our Court System For Three Years?)
Paul also announced that the card was going to be auctioned off, doing so through Goldin Online Auction with a starting bid of a whopping $13.3 million. In other words, Paul was ready to cash in.
Come to find out, he would get more than the $13.3, raking in $16.4 million. And get this, the winning bidder was AJ Scaramucci, the son of former Trump administration press secretary Anthony Scaramucci. AJ is also the founder of Solari Capital, and says that the Pokémon purchase is him taking the first step to “collect the uncollectible.”
“I’m on a quest to buy a T. rex dinosaur fossil, I’m going to buy the Declaration of Independence, and I’m not stopping there,” said Scaramucci, according to BBC News. “This was only the beginning.”
JUST IN: Logan Paul’s ‘Pikachu Illustrator’ Pokémon card sells for record-breaking $16,492,000 pic.twitter.com/oQY0ihye5U
— Remarks (@remarks) February 16, 2026
Wait … you can buy the Declaration of Independence?