Yeah, that one is really nice. The ones I really want are that one, the Kabuki pikachu, Goomy from Mio Muroi, and Pikachu from Ginga. Sadly, those last 2 are the JP winners and thatâs one pretty huge language barrier, even more so than the German barrier.
I hope itâs okay to ask here but does anyone have the contact info of any of the artists who are fine with selling? I understand due to respect even if someone did they likely wouldnât publicly disperse that information but a DM/middleman situation would be appreciated.
the Arceus/Pichu and Zoroark competitions were Japan exclusives with lots of elemantary school winners cards made. They were in 2009 and 10 respectively and for arceus/pichu, the 13 winners got 1 complete set of 13, 1 card from each winner. For Zoroark/Zorua, I believe 10 winners each received 10 complete sets, which could make them as rare as the art academy, but the distribution method made the cards much more available to buyers, and the art works arenât as impressive, so they are still available for under $300 for PSA 10 Zoroark and Zorua
I still swing by these forums occasionally in hopes of a sniff of Mew. I see none yet.
Meli seems to have got the bulk of her set graded, sheâs selling PSA 10s for ÂŁ950 on facebook.
Thanks for the write-up, this was a set I followed closely. Only managed to contact the Delphox artist back in the day, but didnât have the money then (and probably still donât now), but she was lovely to talk to. Would have been a very hard position to be in, not knowing what to do with or how to make the most of those cards. All power to the winners, I hope they each chose a path they are happy with.
Welcome to the forum. Unfortunately, I donât know if anyone outside of japan has ever successfully acquired the Mudkip from the winner. In fact I think pretty much all the Japanese winners donât appreciate requests at this point