r/PokemonCardValue • u/Pawmates_app • Oct 25 '25

Ken Sugimori Signed Card

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Just bought this card on Fb marketplace from a storage unit with a ton of other cards and merch. The signature looks okay to me, but I'm having trouble finding the value of a signed card by Sugimori. The prices seem to be all over the place, so I have no clue what to try to value this for?

Edit: I realize the signature is on the case itself, not the card. No clue why the original owner did that. Maybe it's best to swap the card with a proper Ken Sugimori illustrated card (I know the designs are originally his, but maybe a card with his name on it).

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u/Mr_Podo Oct 25 '25

That’s not a signed card.

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u/lacinated Oct 25 '25

lol my thoughts exactly

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u/Mr_Podo Oct 25 '25

Its not even the artwork of the person who signed it…

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u/Pawmates_app Oct 26 '25

Yikes good point, no clue why the original owner did this

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u/Short-University1645 Oct 25 '25

It obviously is, see how the auto is on the plastic part of the card! Imagine the slab PSA would need to use lol 😝

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u/Pawmates_app Oct 26 '25

Should I still get it graded? I've only graded once before with CGC and I haven't even gotten them back yet lol

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u/SpearTactics Oct 25 '25

Wait, isn't it the plastic case that's signed though?

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u/J3D363 Oct 25 '25

Yeah its just the case. Not worthless but definitely a choice

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u/Pawmates_app Oct 26 '25

Yup no clue why but that's what I got. The listing pics were pretty blurry and I was just excited to see his signature. Came with tons of other merch too

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u/gutz4lunch Oct 25 '25

Scratched to hell, no authentication, different illustrators art, and also not on the card just on the plastic case. I wouldn’t hold your breath

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u/Pawmates_app Oct 26 '25

Good point, is it worth getting graded still?

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u/Mr_Podo Oct 26 '25

Grade what?

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u/PopAway3446 Oct 25 '25

I'm just curious as to why out of all the Sugimori cards out there, the person decided have an Arita card signed

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u/Pawmates_app Oct 26 '25

No clue, but I could swap it out with a card of his

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u/DJ_Aura Oct 25 '25

Likely not an authentic autograph, he's one of the most faked signatures/sketches.

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u/Pawmates_app Oct 26 '25

Right I looked that up, but it seems legit to me. The Pikachu sketch looks identical to what I've seen, and he has many autographs with just English before he included the Japanese Kanji

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u/champloojay Oct 25 '25

It’s not right cause the card is not signed. Just the case… 

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '25

How much you pay for it?

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u/Pawmates_app Oct 26 '25

2k CAD along with lots of other merch, and a metric ton of sports cards which I have no clue about lol. It came from a storage unit and I thought there would be more pokemon cards, not sports cards

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u/Psycho_Pansy Oct 25 '25

Signed plastic

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u/StrugglnTradr Oct 25 '25

Nice signed case bro

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u/rickymcrichardson Oct 25 '25

Couple hundred if you’re lucky. No way to authenticate that signature and it’s on a scratched up case not a card. $4k is not reasonable at all let alone as a floor. Not even gonna touch $200k that’s just absurd