Rare Pokémon Black Star promotional trading card sells for $50,600 at Weiss Auctions, November 19-20

LYNBROOK, N.Y. - Dec. 11, 2020 - PRLog -- An extremely rare Pokémon SM Black Star "Ishihara GX" promotional trading card, graded PSA 8 Near Mint/Mint, one of only about 60 copies in existence and just the fourth copy to ever reach the market, sold for $50,600 in a two-day, online-only auction held November 19^th-20^th by Weiss Auctions. The card was the top lot in a sale that totaled $675,000.

The Pokémon Black Star card was issued in 2017 and was only given out to Pokémon Company International employees, at TPCi President Tsunekazu Ishihara's 60^th birthday celebration. The cards were personally handed out by Ishihara himself.  Today, most of the cards are in the hands of employees who are not permitted to sell them. The card was illustrated by artist Mike Cressy.

The Thursday, November 19^th session featured around 500 lots of sports, comics and comic art. The Friday session contained rock 'n' roll memorabilia, Hollywood collectibles, advertising items and historical memorabilia. Internet bidding was facilitated by LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. "More than 2,000 active bidders brought very strong prices," Philip Weiss said.

Other Day 1 superstar lots were led by an original Peanuts daily comic strip drawn and signed by the late iconic illustrator Charles Schulz (1922-2000). The four-panel strip, dated "5-2-1952", featured a story line with the Peanuts characters Snoopy and Schroeder. Measuring 27 inches by 5 inches, it was inscribed in ink by Schulz in the first panel. The daily strip sold for $26,500.

Four-panel, hand-colored daily comic strip art for Krazy Kat by George Herriman (1880-1944), dated "11-25-1942" – knocked down for $24,150. The strip featured Krazy Kat, Offisa Pupp, Ignatz Mouse and a brick in the last panel. An inscription at the bottom read, "To Andy from Ole Man Herriman". Andy was the consignor's uncle and a friend of Al Capp, the famed illustrator.

Original cover art for Spook Comics (1946) by John Giunta, 15 inches by 20 inches, from the Bailey Publishing archive and a classic from the Golden Age of Comics, commanded $9,775, while a copy of PEP Comics #36, graded CBCS 7.0 and notable because it marked the first appearance of the popular character Archie, brought $8,050. It was a key

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