A Pokémon Pikachu Illustrator trading card sold for $16.492 million; the new buyer is reportedly the founder of Solari Capital.

A Pikachu Illustrator PSA 10 max-grade card sold at Goldin Auction House early this morning for a total of $16,492,000, setting multiple records. The final price was $13.3 million, and with a 24% buyer's premium, it reached $16.492 million. This is more than three times the price Logan Paul paid for it in 2021 for $5.275 million, and it also broke the Guinness World Record for the most expensive single card ever sold at auction, surpassing the previous record for sports cards. The new buyer is rumored to be AJ Scaramucci (son of former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci), founder of the venture capital firm Solari Capital. (CNN)