Zorua design contest promo card sells for $156,000 at Fanatics Collect auction
A 2010 Pokémon Illusion's Zorua Design Contest Promo (Kindergarten Winner variant), designed by then six-year-old Megu Taniguchi, sold for $156,000 in a Fanatics Collect auction that closed on September 27. The copy was graded PSA 10 Gem Mint, and a PSA 10 example reportedly sold for $8,700 in 2023.
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- artworkreported
Features Zorua and Pikachu riding together on a bus, made for the release of Zoroark: Master of Illusions
“It features Zorua and Pikachu riding together on a bus and was created to celebrate the theatrical release of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.”source
- auction_housereported
Fanatics Collect
“The auction closed on September 27 through Fanatics Collect”source
- card_originreported
Designed by Megu Taniguchi, winner of the kindergarten category of a Pokemon card design contest at age six
“Taniguchi won the kindergarten category of the Pokemon card design contest when she was six years old.”source
- gradereported
PSA 10 Gem Mint
“The copy was graded PSA 10 Gem Mint, making it one of the best-preserved examples available to collectors.”source
- print_runreported
approximately 100 copies printed
“ComicBook.com reports that approximately 100 copies were printed”source
- prior_sale_price:psa10_2023_usdrumour
8700
“A PSA 10 copy reportedly sold for $8,700 in 2023”source
- sale_price:hammer_price_usdreported
156000
“The auction closed on September 27 through Fanatics Collect, with the card selling for $156,000.”source
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