The February 2026 sale of Logan Paul’s unique PSA 10 Pikachu Illustrator Pokémon card for $16.492 million established the current all-time auction record for any trading card, driven by its extreme rarity (only PSA 10 known), celebrity provenance, and a prolonged bidding war at Goldin that included a diamond necklace add-on. Since then, the high-end market has remained active with strong Pokémon and modern sports card results, yet no subsequent public sale has approached even $9 million, as seen in Cooper Flagg’s $8.04 million rookie patch auto or multiple six-figure vintage Pokémon pieces. With just over two months left in 2026 and no confirmed ultra-rare 1/1 or perfect-grade grails slated for imminent auction, traders assign a 93.8% implied probability to “No.” An unexpected private transaction or surprise discovery of another perfect-grade holy grail could theoretically challenge the mark, but historical patterns and current inventory make such an outcome remote before year-end.