Dunno for either of your questions unfortunately. I’ve first heard about the card here on the forum back in 2020. One of these blisters sold for ~7.5k USD (810,000 Japanese Yen) mid-2019.
After that I’ve seen this picture, also here on the forum:
But I can’t remember when I’ve heard first about the fire. And I also have no idea if there are any documents or old news articles that could be found about this topic. The Japanese blister was released in March 2005, so quite a while ago.
Greetz,
Quuador