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YouTuber Logan Paul cashes in $16.5 million for his rare Pokémon card—more than even he expected. And it proves his point about ‘armchair quarterbacks’ yelling from the sidelines
Yahoo Finance· 2026-02-17 16:11
From cryptocurrencies to Hermès Birkin bags, Gen Z investors are on the hunt for unconventional assets that double as status symbols—and sometimes even careers. For Logan Paul, one of those bets came in the form of a single Pokémon card. The YouTuber turned social media mogul and entrepreneur turned heads in 2022 when he paid $5.3 million for a single Pokémon card—an ultrarare Pikachu Illustrator—making it the most expensive ever sold at a private sale. But Paul didn’t stash it away in a vault. He wore ...