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Yeah, but hopefully our guy can print out some more copies.

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page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/d488551095

Illustrator bought for 35 million JPY.

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I can confirm I was seriously considering buying that Lucky Stadium haha. Although I hadn’t quite started the buying process yet.

Such a great and underrated card - supremely rare, unique art, and a very visually pleasing card.

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…and he’s already listed another one with a BIN of 38 million JPY: zenmarket.jp/s/pokemonm/pko_002.
I’d say the fact he’s listing them back to back means that he has a lot more copies than we think.

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This was listed previously already. Before yahoo copy listed.

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Oh that’s very interesting! I wonder what the price difference is for. Has the price of the ZenMarket listing been increased since the YJA sale?

I can’t recall exactly but I believe the price was adjusted slightly after that sale.

that’s the thing, he clearly is selling, which is why we are talking about it lol!

I hope someone makes a documentary about pkonno and his rare cards someday…

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And his Media Factory printers

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The illustrator that’s still up has been at that price, and listed for about a month now.

The one most recently posted, for whatever reason, had a lower buy it now, despite appearing in better condition

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Did pkonno’s TMB #2 sell at 7.5M yen?
and 9th Lucky Stadium sell at 2.3M yen?

…and the Illustrator at 35M yen?

I’m bad at Yahoo Japan now, so I can’t tell if ended/pulled, or if they sold. Halp !

They are listed as sold

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It’s hard to tell whether it was in better condition. The photos were so blurry lol. But at least the centering looks better on the yahoo one. Has it gotten to the point where we can be picky with conditions for the Illustrator now that pkonno has sold 3?

I’m waiting for the black label myself.

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I would assume condition is the reason the BIN copy hasn’t sold. It’s still an illustrator of course, but close to 400k, I personally would like a centered copy. Completely understand the contrast perspective tho.

I was ready to BIN the japan auction copy. I don’t personally enjoy the zen market plus copy as much. There will always be opportunity to buy one imo, maybe for more $$'s, but the opportunity to buy a clean one could pose to be much more difficult. In my opinion, the japan auction one registered a lot better. Even if there was holo scratches and things not depicted in the pictures - the centering was beautiful.

Strike 2 for me on ZenMarket haha. 3rd times a charm! Whoever got their money in that quick, is a wizard!

The one that is still up looks like it might have some problems on the lower left. I don’t know if it’s the light, but it does look like there could be a dent. Might just be the old back cardstock though as well.

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After a near two decade hiatus from the hobby, it’s mysterious finds like these that put butterfrees right back in my tum tum

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@prochaos Maybe you can update the OP to include the fact that pkonno ended up selling that PSA Authentic Snap Squirtle for 2.5 million yen?