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FRIDAY JULY 8, 2022 • VOL. 52, NO. 27
Heritage Auctions Draws $840,000 For Rare Pokémon “Pikachu” Illustrator Card Sold-out Trading Card Games Auction Climbs Past $2.8 Million A rare Pokémon card soared to $840,000 in Heritage Auctions’ Trading Card Games Signature Auction held June 11 and 12. That’s the highest price ever paid for a Pokémon card at public auction. The record-setting card led the 491-lot event to a total of $2,887,177 in gross sales. Nearly 1,500 global bidders entered the fray, leading to perfect sell-through rates of 100
The Pokémon “Pikachu” Illustrator Unnumbered Promo CoroCoro Comics PSA Trading Card Game 9 (The Pokémon Company, 1998) is incredibly rare, one of just 39 made and released during three CoroCoro Comics illustration events, all in 1998. It sold for $840,000.
percent by value and by lots sold. The Pokémon “Pikachu” Illustrator unnumbered promo CoroCoro Comics PSA trading card Game 9 (The Pokémon Company, 1998) is one of just 39 made and released during three CoroCoro Comics illustration events, all in 1998. “This is absolutely the Holy Grail for serious Pokémon collectors, with only one copy anywhere that earned a higher grade,” according to Heritage Auctions Trading Card Games consignment director Jesus Garcia. “By fending off the competition, the winning bidder ended up with an extraordinary card, one of the finest and rarest in the world, and one that immediately becomes a collection centerpiece and the envy of others who have chased this card for years.” One of the rarest of Pokémon cards, a Pokémon “Kangaskhan” Family Event Trophy Card Promo 115 Parent/Child Mega Battle PSA Trading Card Game 9 (The Pokémon Company, 1998), brought a winning bid of $81,000. It came from a tournament in which players teamed up with their parents to compete as teams vying for this card. The Pokémon featured on the card is Kangaskhan, who carries its infant inside its pouch, fitting for the tournament’s theme, and the card is one of a select few featuring as the set symbol the original Pocket Monsters Trading Card Game logo, which was intended only to be used on the rarest of all cards.
Hess Auction Group Coin Auction Rings Up Big Results High Grade 1803 $10 Gold Piece Sells For $24,250
The Magic: The Gathering Black Lotus Limited Edition (Alpha) BGS Trading Card Game 7 (Wizards of the Coast, 1993) is the most sought-after Magic: The Gathering trading card and realized $87,000. Magic: The Gathering A Magic: The Gathering Black Lotus Limited Edition (Alpha) BGS Trading Card Game 7 (Wizards of the Coast, 1993) is the most soughtafter Magic: The Gathering trading card, a status that was reflected clearly in the demand for this example, which ended at $87,000. This card is part of the most powerful group of cards in the game, known as the “Power Nine.” They are cards that did not deliver victory in the game, but they helped. Wizards of the Coast (WOTC)
released the Alpha Edition in August 1993, and its popularity convinced WOTC to print out the Beta Edition just two months later. They printed just 1,100 copies of the Alpha Black Lotus, making each time one comes up for public auction a noteworthy event. The artwork is done by Christopher Rush, and BGS has certified 17 copies NEAR MINT 7 grades and 206 graded higher. A Magic: The Gathering Splendid Genesis RG97 BGS Trading Card
The Hess Auction Group based in Manheim, Pa., has been doing specialty sales for years, including, but not limited to coins, jewelry, sports memorabilia, and high-end antiques. From May 19 to June 8, they held an online-only coin auction that had exceptional results. The sale consisted of 209 lots from five different consignors, the majority coming from an estate in Quarryville, Pa. “The recent coin collection we had the privilege to see was a very fun collection to sort. It is always interesting to see how a collector put their collections together and always exciting to find high grade early American gold and silver coins. This collection included a pre-Civil war proof gold coin, as well an 1873 $10 gold piece that was only one of 800 minted. There was also a high grade 1795 Silver Dollar and an 1806 $10 gold piece, both in higher grade. It is always exciting to see rare coins like this come fresh to the market,” reflected Terry Breidenstine, who catalogued the speciality sale. There were 65 gold coins in the auction. All sold for over $100. The most desirable was a high grade
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The Pokémon Charizard 006 25th Anniversary Creatures Corporate History Deck CGC Trading Card Game 9.5 (The Pokémon Company, 2021) realized $25,200.
Severin Roesen Art On Display By Michael Remas
This Severin Roesen painting is a recent gift to the Lycoming County Historical Society from the children of George R. and Margaret Hays Lamade. It is one of two works by Roesen currently on display.
A Severin Roesen still-life painting, replete with champagne flute and fruit baskets, has been put on display at the Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society in Williamsport, Pa. The two-tiered oil on canvas creation measures 40-by-29.24 inches and is on extended loan from area resident Bobby Maguire to honor his parents, Shirley and Jim Maguire, according to museum director Gary Parks. It is actually the second painting by Roesen recently put on view, joining a similar still life, two tiered but with a water glass rather than flute, this one a gift to the historical
society from the children of George R. and Margaret Hays Lamade. Its measurements are nearly the same at 39.6-by-29 inches. Mr. Lamade had been the head of The Grit Publishing Co., founded by his father, Dietrick Lamade. The nowdefunct newspaper was once weekly mailed across the country from Williamsport for many years. The 19th-century Roesens stand out in the realistic illustration of their colorful fruits and flowers, typical of his artistry. Despite detail to his work, Roesen did make nearidentical copies of paintings, often simply rearranging elements. The works are on display in the Taber’s Fine Arts and Decorative Gallery. “In the still life loaned by Mr. Maguire, the grapes glisten with
drops of dew, slices of watermelon brimming with juice and the champagne flute has bubbles rising to the top,” Mr. Parks had told West Branch Life magazine. “His signature ‘S Roesen’ is cleverly disguised as a grape tendril at the central bottom of the still-life. This will be such an asset to our collection.” It is believed Roesen was born in Prussia, now Germany, in 1815. Working as a porcelain painter, he showed a floral painting at the Cologne Art Club in 1847. He and his wife went to England in 1847 and to New York the following year. He showed 11 paintings at the American Art Union over the next five years and sold his art to private buyers and the Art Union while Continued on page 6
This high grade 1803 $10 gold piece sold for $24,250.
In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . starting on page 2 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 4 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 5 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . starting on page 6 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . .on page 7
FEATURE AUCTION: Poster Auctions International July 12 Sale - Page 2
AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . on page 8