An old Pokémon card found in an attic fetched over 320 million yen at auction, the highest price ever paid for a trading card at auction in the UK.

What happened

GIGAZINE carries the lead headline, “An old Pokémon card found in an attic fetched over 320 million yen at auction, the highest price ever paid for a trading card at auction in the UK.”. It was first reported in our feed on Oct 22, 2026 at 11:11 PM CT.

Only one outlet in the Insider.Cards feed has reported this so far; this page updates automatically if more outlets, auction houses or creators follow.

Who’s covering it

• GIGAZINE8An old Pokémon card found in an attic fetched over 320 million yen at auction, the highest price ever paid for a trading card at auction in the UK.1d

Why it matters

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Coverage timeline

1. Oct 22, 11:11 PM CTfirst reportGIGAZINE An old Pokémon card found in an attic fetched over 320 million yen at auction, the highest price ever paid…

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