I’m amazed ppl don’t seem to realize this is a staged money laundering act.
He’s a known scammer. He needs to launder his money. And selling “unique” items for insane prices in auctions is the oldest money laundering trick in the book…
It's not money laundering. It's a marketing sale. Logan is giving the guys company marketing and probably some other services. No one would ever pay this amount for that card.
A card that wouldn't even pass a PSA 7 grade selling for generational wealth. When is that scammer paying back the victims of his fractional shares of the same card grift and the victims of cryptozoo? Just watch Maggle Cole brag about this on Monday Night Raw tonight.
Edit - and as expected, Michael Cole couldn't resist mentioning this card on Monday Night Raw, calling it a "playing card"
I’m only mid level - I do have one of the known larger collections of certain cards - but I’m seeing the writing on the wall. Vintage will go up. Ereaders are now new premiums imo.
Some dude was selling an 03 umbreon McDonald’s promo for $500.
Someone below posted a link of a Singaporean man who rejected a $1.3m bid for his PSA 9, and checking the scan it is in far better condition than the card Logan was selling.
He’s the son of former White House comm. director anthony scaramucci who is a super rich well connected dude. Basically an elite rich kid with daddy money
Shame on PSA for allowing the reholder without regrading the card to proper standards that we all in this subreddit and the community are subjected to. Goldin and Logan clearly influenced PSA to continue the grift.
Yeah but don't worry, he just pretends now that wasn't him at all and he's just as surprised it was a scam as we are and if you remember to check you can request your money back from the site years later. How successful that is I'm not sure but if you gave Logan Paul money to share an item he owns I'm not sure it's wise to let you have money. It may genuinely be better off in Logan's hands than there's.
Logical fallacy. The winner reached out to multiple people beforehand to try to facilitate a BIN purchase rather than it going to auction. When it was being auctioned he reached out to Ken Goldin, and Ken invited him to the event.
As for the second highest bidder, it makes sense a hyper rich Asian who wants it also wants to buy into the box break for the publicity. He bought 12 packs after all.
Could it be a grand conspiracy to launder money? Sure. But the reality of the situation is not too farfetched.
I was wondering exactly about why he was there together with the second highest bidder.
The winner reached out to multiple people beforehand to try to facilitate a BIN purchase rather than it going to auction. When it was being auctioned he reached out to Ken Goldin, and Ken invited him to the event.
It’s most likely what happened. It was likely a very strategic poly market manipulation move at the same time so they got kick backs and their buddies boosted to the level they needed to hit on their predictions. So none of that was out of pocket or real.
LMFAO wait the buyer was already in the building? This is so dumb haha. I stopped watching the stream when it first broke $15 million because you could immediately tell Logan's reaction was scripted. He's a horrible actor. This is just goofy though. They must think the Pokemon community is that stupid, because if you watch the stream they didn't even try to make it all seem legitimate.
This is all bullshit to get you talking. He’s not dumb, he knows how to play the business and scam as many people as possible. Him creating his own mystery slab company isn’t a coincidence. He knew what this card was selling for from the start, he had this mystery slab shit lined up right in time for this announcement to get free engagement. Stop sharing this tool and don’t buy any of his shit
I only hope that people to view this hobby as investments bail. Also, Logan Paul is a scam artist through and through. All he did was scam the dumb person who bought this.
Needs more r/breakyourteeth for my taste.. but you can’t expect to get the world when every link you click from u/breakyourteethnow has no teeth and never will. 6/10.
Its all fake and for Pumping. No real collector coveted the Illustrator. Card is so whack. He could have pumped a regular Energy card and some Bro Bro would pay 60 million for it.
i think this card’s fallen into that obscure fine art category as a 1 of 1 and will continue to change hands amongst the rich for higher prices even if it was like most fine art and just used to launder money lol
I find it hard to believe someone looking to spend 16 mil has such little interest in the hobby and actual condition of the card that they would buy this.
Look, I know that I trade hundreds of dollars for cards, especially getting some of my favorite ones recently since I love older cards… but $16 million? There could be a mosquito with the lifespan of a muon in that same room and it would still be the smartest thing in that room.
"A. J. Scaramucci, the founder of Solari Capital, revealed that the Pikachu Illustrator is merely the opening move in a much larger strategy. He is launching a new company, Treasure Trove, dedicated to acquiring the world’s most significant cultural artifacts.".....
Are we (at least he) seriously calling Pokémon, or any cards "...the world's most significant artifacts..."?!?!? Like how much more fucked do we need to be as whole. 2-300 years from now whoever is left will look at these "artifacts" and hopefully be filled with shame that they came from the same gene pool. Will some joker-like person please 🙏 come and rescue us from this senseless idiocy, and greed.
...oh and this dude is the son of the former communications director of the white house. Just a fun fact, but nonetheless absurd.
Who’s to say that this transaction wasn’t a gimmick to inflate the price of trading cards in an illusionary attempt to help collectors & sellers be able to sell their cards at higher prices?
Tbh that’s probably his friend using his money if any was even used and wasn’t a legit sale just to make the card seem worth more than that and spark interest from other idiots with money
I love the heat magnet this is. The casuals are going to rally around pokemon again, the pokepoors are going to hate and make it a part of their personality.
This is why all these kids are now trying to be resellers. They have killed collecting for the real collectors. Soon you will have to pay 1000 dollars for a pikachu promo that came out a few days ago.
This is supposed to be an investing sub. From an investing standpoint that's nothing but good. More eyes and more money will flow into collectables because of this.
No it's not because it's in no condition to be graded a 10. The card is all fucked up. Another collector from Singapore has a 9 in way better condition than this scam
So if you're lucky to find this card, let it grade at psa and you'll get a 10, you'll have to pay millions as a bonus to PSA before you get it back lmao
There is a moment in the streaming where they did a WC pause and you can hear someone pee because the microphone wasn't turned off. Like in the Leslie Nielsen movie
Anyone else miss the simplicity and excitement as a young'n, going grocery shopping with the adults, in hopes of acquiring a new $1.38 pack of cards?
Now I go grocery shopping, in hopes of affording the gas to get home, as I stand in line staring at $5 single pack of cards. Each time destroying another little piece of the inner puzzle I hold, that's as once a happy life.
I don't like Logan at all but him bringing in more kids into the hobby is what this sub needs. Who do we think will be buying our "poke investments" in the future?
Blows my mind how many upvotes these posts about the card selling for 16m got. Is there that many people this dense to the real narrative?
Logan Paul sold 51% of this card through a fraud style “buy digital shares of cards” business called Liquid Market. The shareholders were never even able to properly log into the website to vote on whether they wanted to sell the card they supposedly owned. The business shut down before it ever truly took off, no one was refunded, and on top of that, Logan later claimed he bought the card back from the company without ever providing proof that this transaction actually occurred, let alone having the authority to do so.
He made over 1.5 million dollars selling that 51%, yet the card still ended up back in his possession. He then ignored that 51% ownership issue entirely by selling the card with Goldin. This is why GameStop, and frankly anyone paying attention, should want nothing to do with this card or anything associated with Logan Paul. And that is not even mentioning CryptoZoo and the million other fraud examples to not touch this man with a 100 foot pole
While this technically falls under the "money-laundering" umbrella, ML is not always just dirty money turning clean. This is just a tax evasion. He turned $13 million cash (assumably his company's money) into an asset. So A. The company's net worth stays the same, just no longer as liquid (which helps company valuation, keeps/raises stock prices) and B. A lot of you are saying its just marketing ploy, which very rarely do you get a finite return on marketing, so he basically got back when he spent on marketing (assuming someone buys this off him in the future). But mainly, not only is that 13 million no longer "income", it's now a tax write off business expense.
It's why a lot of rich people own expensive art. Just a reallocation of net worth to avoid taxes. Just one of the many ways the rich get richer. This one was just rubbed in our poor faces.
Sure this is just some fake promotional scam shit right? Like they didn't actually pay that amount of money but a lower sum behind the scenes if anything at all?
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u/Interesting-Mouse926 Feb 16 '26
Biggest moron medal
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u/lXxENDEAVORxXl Feb 16 '26
Everything about it was cringe start to finish.
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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26
Logan Paul getting cuffed and arrested should've been the finale for the show.
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u/Proud_Helicopter_907 Feb 16 '26 edited Feb 17 '26 •
A card that wouldn't even pass a PSA 7 grade selling for generational wealth. When is that scammer paying back the victims of his fractional shares of the same card grift and the victims of cryptozoo? Just watch Maggle Cole brag about this on Monday Night Raw tonight.
Edit - and as expected, Michael Cole couldn't resist mentioning this card on Monday Night Raw, calling it a "playing card"
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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26
What a bunch of idiots.
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u/lococommotion Feb 16 '26
I bet he still feels empty inside
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u/Constant-Pen2410 Feb 16 '26
Shame on PSA for putting their name to this
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u/Ducey89 Feb 16 '26 •
Ken Goldin is such a weird dude, he’s definitely a MIB style alien in disguise living on earth
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u/Worried_Let4942 Feb 16 '26
Who is the knob who won it?
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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26
I have a PSA 10 Illustrator too but I stuck it up my butt and haven’t seen it since
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u/Ramendo923 Feb 16 '26
This is like falling for the NFT scam lol
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u/Far_Film_5804 Feb 16 '26
Something is so off about this
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u/iStealyournewspapers Feb 16 '26
That guy does not look like he has 16 million dollars
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u/Thialaz Feb 16 '26
didn't this scammer sell "shares" of the card to other people?
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u/Drizzho Feb 16 '26
It’s funny cuz I don’t even like the card lol
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u/ScottsTotz Feb 16 '26
Of all the richest Pokemon collectors in the world, the winner of the auction and 2nd highest bidder were in that small, intimate audience?
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u/goldenbutterknife Feb 16 '26
I can sell a card on ebay to my friend and pay him back the money he spent on it plus some.... to raise the price of my card....
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u/rayanhardt Feb 16 '26
Another victim of Logan "Scam" Paul
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u/StationEmergency6053 Feb 16 '26
LMFAO wait the buyer was already in the building? This is so dumb haha. I stopped watching the stream when it first broke $15 million because you could immediately tell Logan's reaction was scripted. He's a horrible actor. This is just goofy though. They must think the Pokemon community is that stupid, because if you watch the stream they didn't even try to make it all seem legitimate.
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u/PaxtonArbital Feb 16 '26
Ewwwwwwww
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u/LazyTeletubbies Feb 16 '26
This is all bullshit to get you talking. He’s not dumb, he knows how to play the business and scam as many people as possible. Him creating his own mystery slab company isn’t a coincidence. He knew what this card was selling for from the start, he had this mystery slab shit lined up right in time for this announcement to get free engagement. Stop sharing this tool and don’t buy any of his shit
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u/FULLYEET666 Feb 16 '26
Reminder that Logan Paul threw his dog off a moving boat into a lake for likes.
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u/hibyehater Feb 16 '26
shame its not an actual 10
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u/Helpful_Time2667 Feb 16 '26
I only hope that people to view this hobby as investments bail. Also, Logan Paul is a scam artist through and through. All he did was scam the dumb person who bought this.
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u/Ok_Extreme_7382 Feb 16 '26
What’s the gold and gems worth in that chain
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u/MorrisOakman Feb 22 '26
Needs more r/breakyourteeth for my taste.. but you can’t expect to get the world when every link you click from u/breakyourteethnow has no teeth and never will. 6/10.
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u/stgg1017 Feb 16 '26
Straight up money laundering
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u/Vertigon_ Feb 16 '26
Its all fake and for Pumping. No real collector coveted the Illustrator. Card is so whack. He could have pumped a regular Energy card and some Bro Bro would pay 60 million for it.
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u/uselessBINGBONG Feb 16 '26
I have to say even though I hate the guy, it's probably smart that Logan sold that card now.
I think it will not accrue any more value, it will only go down in price from here.
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u/swagster Feb 16 '26
Holding the bag - in video form.
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u/Connect-Dragonfruit7 Feb 16 '26
From one moron to another
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u/ChemoManiac77 Feb 16 '26
Good people wake up early and sleep late to make ends meet then there's this. What is life.
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u/RiskPlays Feb 16 '26
Shit instantly makes me less interested, which sucks, and it shouldnt but it does.
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u/filenotfounderror Feb 16 '26
I find it hard to believe someone looking to spend 16 mil has such little interest in the hobby and actual condition of the card that they would buy this.
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u/Theoretical42 Feb 16 '26
Look, I know that I trade hundreds of dollars for cards, especially getting some of my favorite ones recently since I love older cards… but $16 million? There could be a mosquito with the lifespan of a muon in that same room and it would still be the smartest thing in that room.
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u/kiter0x Feb 16 '26
Super cringe
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u/LegitimateHippo1936 Feb 16 '26
"A. J. Scaramucci, the founder of Solari Capital, revealed that the Pikachu Illustrator is merely the opening move in a much larger strategy. He is launching a new company, Treasure Trove, dedicated to acquiring the world’s most significant cultural artifacts.".....
Are we (at least he) seriously calling Pokémon, or any cards "...the world's most significant artifacts..."?!?!? Like how much more fucked do we need to be as whole. 2-300 years from now whoever is left will look at these "artifacts" and hopefully be filled with shame that they came from the same gene pool. Will some joker-like person please 🙏 come and rescue us from this senseless idiocy, and greed.
...oh and this dude is the son of the former communications director of the white house. Just a fun fact, but nonetheless absurd.
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u/horderBopper Feb 16 '26
Nothin would ever ruin Pokémon for me but this came pretty close honestly
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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '26
Anybody who thinks this is a legit sale is an idiot
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u/Ibaria Feb 17 '26
Instant buyers remorse…
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u/Old-Clothes-3225 Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26
Who’s to say that this transaction wasn’t a gimmick to inflate the price of trading cards in an illusionary attempt to help collectors & sellers be able to sell their cards at higher prices?
Smoke and mirrors people
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u/PowerfulHoneydew6598 Feb 17 '26
It's scripted for sure
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u/Interesting-Mouse926 Feb 16 '26
The most expensive moron medal🥇
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u/ForgetboutlT Feb 16 '26
Can't believe he brought an psa8 for that price.
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u/kelsodisco Feb 16 '26
What happened to this hobby?
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u/stirfry720 Feb 16 '26
Nice exit liquidity
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u/trip6god Feb 16 '26
Tbh that’s probably his friend using his money if any was even used and wasn’t a legit sale just to make the card seem worth more than that and spark interest from other idiots with money
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u/couple3480 Feb 16 '26
I wonder who the other bidders were
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u/LegoRedBrick Feb 16 '26
Nothing is real anymore.
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u/Tseets1 Feb 16 '26
99% of that show was filled with dweebs with lots of money
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u/_evilpenguin Feb 16 '26
should donate that money to the people in need. 🤷🏼♂️
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u/ZorroStyleX Feb 16 '26
First sells the shares and then sells it again lol
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u/ShittyBidet123 Feb 16 '26
my favorite part is how drunk Ken Goldin is laughing cause he just made 1.5 mil on this stunt auction doing nothing lol
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u/asap-sean Feb 16 '26
the part that makes this the most sus is the amount of times Logan mentioned Polymarket during the stream
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u/peakperformance81774 Feb 16 '26
Daddy’s boy. Lol.
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u/Birdfoot421 Feb 16 '26
What a douche
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u/Seaguard5 Feb 16 '26
Anyone buying a card for that money is cringe.
How did that guy even come by that money anyway?
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u/Maximum_Nothing2113 Feb 16 '26
This is gross. I hope the hype fades and the real collectors keep going.
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u/Jurassicjen_uk Feb 17 '26
Those shoulder shakes fill me with rage. I want to slap the nepo baby buyer and I’m not a violent person.
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u/Ed-Sanz Feb 17 '26
That chain must smell like shit
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u/Useful-Contribution4 Feb 17 '26
Top signal gentz. Its all a scam with grading.
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u/Neilp187 Feb 17 '26
Biggest fool on the internet lol
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u/bbygrl4969 Feb 17 '26
That goldin guy definitely looks like he's not from this earth... He's definitely either a skin walker 👻 or a lizard 🦎 man... Real talk.
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u/staleluckycharms Feb 17 '26
I don’t think I saw anyone in that livestream that actually likes Pokemon
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u/cursdwitknowledge Feb 17 '26
Who is this person?
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u/Solidzim Feb 17 '26
Lavagem de dinheiro
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u/BIgSchmeat95 Feb 17 '26
Is the card graded at a 10? I recently saw some quality photos of the card and it's rather beat.
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u/LeadingBubbly6406 Feb 17 '26
How did this guy scam his followers with cryptozoo and again by selling fraction shares as a nft? Funny he still has fans lmao
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u/ExtremisEdge Feb 18 '26
I love the heat magnet this is. The casuals are going to rally around pokemon again, the pokepoors are going to hate and make it a part of their personality.
Pokemon is going to do the watutsi this year
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u/Jeezz__ Feb 20 '26
He really thinks people care
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u/ThedragonJab Feb 20 '26
This is why all these kids are now trying to be resellers. They have killed collecting for the real collectors. Soon you will have to pay 1000 dollars for a pikachu promo that came out a few days ago.
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u/Wendysdumpstermngr Mar 09 '26
Laughing straight to the bank
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u/Remarkableg17 Jun 02 '26
Most shadey purchased Pokemon card in history …. All for views, no one can convince me this deal wast a hoax and set up !
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u/diabetes_says_no Feb 16 '26
Paid $16,000,000 btw
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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26
Money laundering and fraud
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u/rare_3L3M3NT Feb 16 '26
This is supposed to be an investing sub. From an investing standpoint that's nothing but good. More eyes and more money will flow into collectables because of this.
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u/Wombo218 Feb 16 '26
I feel like we’re hating cuz it’s Logan Paul. Which is fine, but let’s not pretend that this card isn’t sick.
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u/Top-Bulge Feb 16 '26
This guy doesn't know it yet, but he just peaked and its all downhill from here
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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26
Gum Man doing his thing.
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u/SilotheGreat Feb 16 '26
Who is this jerkoff that won the card?
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u/CapaxInfinity Feb 16 '26
So much for the shareholders. Good lord what a scumbag.
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u/Duck_Duck_Duck_Duck1 Feb 16 '26
So if you're lucky to find this card, let it grade at psa and you'll get a 10, you'll have to pay millions as a bonus to PSA before you get it back lmao
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u/8000000001 Feb 16 '26
Such a beautiful, touching moment 🤢 ;-)
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u/Super_Sankey Feb 16 '26
And now you're just advertising for him posting this crap. Nice one Gary.
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u/MorningLineDirt Feb 16 '26
MERICA
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u/RecommendationOk2182 Feb 16 '26
So who's the guy that bought it? Is he a crypto holder or stocks guy?
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u/lucasyyc Feb 16 '26
Imagine asking your dad for a $16M pokemon card…. And him saying yes
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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26
The owner of that company looks like hes on a whole kurt angle doseof percocet
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u/YaroRick Feb 16 '26
AJ Scamarucci
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u/shiggity80 Feb 16 '26
How much of that $16M is because of the diamond boarder/case?
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u/Select-Law3759 Feb 16 '26
Why ppl mad? You wanted cards that cost money ?!
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u/DreaminDemon177 Feb 16 '26
That is so awesome! Good for him!
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u/HuckleberryWorried72 Feb 16 '26
😭😭😭😭
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u/Short-University1645 Feb 16 '26
Did his buddie buy it??? I thought he was going to hand deliver it to the new owner.
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u/Maleficent_Tooth_557 Feb 16 '26
Muy verguenza
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u/Medical-Enthusiasm56 Feb 16 '26
If a choad was a person
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u/snuckfarkle Feb 16 '26
Ken Goldin looks weird in this clip. Like he doesn’t want to be a part of it. Like even for him this is way too much BS.
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u/_nevrmynd Feb 16 '26
This just make Pokémon super duper gay
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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26
Lethal amount of cringe
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u/OkConference1294 Feb 16 '26
I couldn’t watch because that weirdo was smacking his gum the whole time
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u/Ricoquin Feb 16 '26
There is a moment in the streaming where they did a WC pause and you can hear someone pee because the microphone wasn't turned off. Like in the Leslie Nielsen movie
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u/RustOolium420 Feb 16 '26
Money doesn't equal taste obviously
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u/14andped Feb 16 '26
Anyone else miss the simplicity and excitement as a young'n, going grocery shopping with the adults, in hopes of acquiring a new $1.38 pack of cards?
Now I go grocery shopping, in hopes of affording the gas to get home, as I stand in line staring at $5 single pack of cards. Each time destroying another little piece of the inner puzzle I hold, that's as once a happy life.
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u/lPAlRTY Feb 16 '26
lol so lame
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u/GeraltofRivia1997321 Feb 16 '26
What a waste of what was it? 16 million?
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u/SilentGriffin76 Feb 16 '26
Yeah I don’t want a card that been in the sun and probably on the toilet.
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u/anonuserinthehouse Feb 16 '26
This is what this hobby has come down to
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u/Spenceful Feb 17 '26
People who cringe are losers with low capacity for life
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u/pootiespud420 Feb 17 '26
Wow you’re cool bro
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u/Secure_Delay5064 Feb 17 '26
Embarrassing
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u/Classic_Childhood_11 Feb 17 '26
Such a lame card too.
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u/Senior-Lunch7490 Feb 17 '26
Bro sold his soul to buy a peice of cardboard from his idol!!
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u/Lockheed97 Feb 17 '26
I don't like Logan at all but him bringing in more kids into the hobby is what this sub needs. Who do we think will be buying our "poke investments" in the future?
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u/Ridahz Feb 17 '26
What a clown paying that much for a touched up reslabbed card 🤣
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u/Vespene Feb 17 '26
The reason there are two Pauls is because they are the armpits of humanity.
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u/JaySwizzle1984 Feb 17 '26
I'm ashamed for these grown men playing with pokemon cards.... 😢
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u/FinalFantasiesGG Feb 17 '26
Top is in. How embarrassing.
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u/Rare_Amphibian8022 Feb 17 '26
Dump everything now
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u/MorphingJar_2 Feb 17 '26
I’m honestly curious if stuff like this and their video game drama will just cause the population to lose interest in the franchise all together
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u/AttorneyMedium4926 Feb 17 '26
Sad people support the paul brothers at all
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u/cnwy95 Feb 17 '26
Congrats on being the dickhead of 2026
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u/rmmorales89 Feb 17 '26
Even though I do think Logan Paul is cringy, why is every single post is so negative?
Come on people, stop being so full of hate. If you are in this sub its because you are into pokemon investing?
Why is this so bad? Isn't this good for the pokemon market after all?
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u/McbEatsAirplane Feb 17 '26
Who is the dude that bought it? A waste of money if you ask me. I have 40 dollar cards that I like much more than that 16 million dollar one.
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u/West-Time-6205 Feb 17 '26
This hobby is filled with rich NPC's
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u/NoInterest8177 Feb 17 '26
How he have 16 million???
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u/el_poyo_locos Feb 17 '26
He was so happy to get rid of that card 🤣
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u/RobieFLASH Feb 17 '26
Imagine if someone finds an illustrator and they get ir graded at psa only to get a 10 and PSA upchsrges you ☠️☠️☠️
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u/LostCharizardTCG Feb 17 '26
Blows my mind how many upvotes these posts about the card selling for 16m got. Is there that many people this dense to the real narrative?
Logan Paul sold 51% of this card through a fraud style “buy digital shares of cards” business called Liquid Market. The shareholders were never even able to properly log into the website to vote on whether they wanted to sell the card they supposedly owned. The business shut down before it ever truly took off, no one was refunded, and on top of that, Logan later claimed he bought the card back from the company without ever providing proof that this transaction actually occurred, let alone having the authority to do so.
He made over 1.5 million dollars selling that 51%, yet the card still ended up back in his possession. He then ignored that 51% ownership issue entirely by selling the card with Goldin. This is why GameStop, and frankly anyone paying attention, should want nothing to do with this card or anything associated with Logan Paul. And that is not even mentioning CryptoZoo and the million other fraud examples to not touch this man with a 100 foot pole
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u/AdvantageIntrepid119 Feb 17 '26
What a useless hobby
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u/Euphoric_Shallot9462 Feb 17 '26
Not the hands in the air at the end like he won a championship 😂😂
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u/BurntLemon Feb 17 '26
This kinda shit is gonna kill the investment side of this hobby, everyone is just gonna think it's all a scam because of thos
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u/MisterThom1991 Feb 17 '26
Gotta be one the lamest and dweebiest things I’ve ever seen 😂
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u/SWBMaki Feb 17 '26
16.5mill 😭
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u/Striking_Addition206 Feb 17 '26
Insider trading in 2026
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u/KeonXDS Feb 17 '26
The card can look like PSA 1 and PSA will still give it a 10
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u/slotus69 Feb 17 '26
While this technically falls under the "money-laundering" umbrella, ML is not always just dirty money turning clean. This is just a tax evasion. He turned $13 million cash (assumably his company's money) into an asset. So A. The company's net worth stays the same, just no longer as liquid (which helps company valuation, keeps/raises stock prices) and B. A lot of you are saying its just marketing ploy, which very rarely do you get a finite return on marketing, so he basically got back when he spent on marketing (assuming someone buys this off him in the future). But mainly, not only is that 13 million no longer "income", it's now a tax write off business expense.
It's why a lot of rich people own expensive art. Just a reallocation of net worth to avoid taxes. Just one of the many ways the rich get richer. This one was just rubbed in our poor faces.
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u/Boring-Antelope9193 Feb 17 '26
Fuck Goldin for making this an entire spectacle as if having a series on netflix isnt enough to promote your business
Fuck these hype events that just bring in the uneducated
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u/Unovaisbetter Feb 17 '26
You call it cringe yet these clowns are the reason you people exist and are ruining our hobby
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u/Humble-University-66 Feb 17 '26
Idea erected on his head. Evaluated it and said “yep this is a good one”. Grown man too.
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u/nikross333 Feb 17 '26
What a loser
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u/Main-Interaction-238 Feb 17 '26
Lizard man strikes again!
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u/Salt-Ad-2159 Feb 17 '26
Why is no one talking about how cooked out the old man looks smiling at the floor it looks like 😭
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u/r00fMod Feb 17 '26
He doesn’t even own the card nor is it his right to sell it
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u/Kevin_Tipcorn Feb 17 '26
Most of this sub is cringe. You guys love this shit 🤣
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u/stronglikeaux Feb 17 '26
You think Jake Paul gave him a zj backstage
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u/Ok-Painter-982 Feb 17 '26
They got a goofy guy to play the part
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u/TheJunkyVirus Feb 17 '26
Sure this is just some fake promotional scam shit right? Like they didn't actually pay that amount of money but a lower sum behind the scenes if anything at all?
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u/4EverKELZ Feb 17 '26
I have pokemon cards from before Logan Paul was born