Rare Pokémon Black Star Promotional Trading Card Sells for $50,600 at Weiss Auctions, November 19-20

2024-04-17 08:06:03 Art & Entertainment

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Lynbrook, NY, USA, December 12, 2020 -- An extremely rare Pok?mon 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 19th-20th by Weiss Auctions. The card was the top lot in a sale that totaled $675,000.

The Pok?mon Black Star card was issued in 2017 and was only given out to Pok?mon Company International employees, at TPCi President Tsunekazu Ishihara?s 60th 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 19th 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 book in a high grade.

Day 2 was headlined by Rock ?n? Roll Hall of Fame inductee Greg Hawkes of The Cars? state-of-the-art instruments from the 1970's and early ?80s, including his original Prophet 5, Jupiter 8, Arp Omni, Roland Vocoder, 1970's Ovation Breadwinner guitar, Roland MC202 MicroComposer and 1966 Vox Continental organ. Together they totaled $39,600.

A super rare Record of Bodies and Effects for the passengers and crew of the S.S. Titanic ? to include Bodies Buried at Sea and Bodies Delivered at Morgue in Halifax (Nova Scotia) ? a list of the 306 bodies that were recovered after a seven-day operation of the cable steamer Mackay-Bennett (116 were buried at sea, 190 were on board) hit $10,300.

A Civil War presentation sword, presented to Col. Edward Bush ?Ned? Fowler (1826-1896), an officer in the Union Army best known for his command of the 14th Brooklyn Regiment that fought at the Battle of Gettysburg and the Second Bull Run (the Battle of Manassas), engraved on the scabbard from the General Staff officers, achieved $8,650.

For more information about Weiss Auctions and the firm?s calendar of upcoming auctions, visit www.WeissAuctions.com.