[gal=42953]Prerelease Raichu[/gal]
This is a PokeGym exclusive. The Pokemon card that every Pokemon card collector has dreamed about owning, prerelease Raichu, is changing hands in a deal that will complete on April 1st. The very existance of this card was in doubt until proof of it's existance was revealed on the PokeGym three years ago.
In short, this card is one of a few misprints that were created when the Jungle prerelease Clefable was printed back in 1999. Most of these misprint cards were destroyed, but a very few, around 10, were saved. It is not known how many still survive, other than this copy. It is a card that has been on every serious collector's wish list, but until now any hope of obtaining it was in vain.
The buyer and seller wish to withhold their identities, but we can confirm the following information.
The buyer, Will-iam on our forums, is a serious Pokemon collector. While his collection is relatively small in numbers, he makes up for it in quality. Aside from the newly acquired PR Raichu, Will has some of the top Japanese collectible cards such as University Magikarp, 1999 Tropical Wind, and a Player's Club Umbreon. English cards in his collection include sets of World Championship promos (stamped with each top-cut grouping up through Finalist) as well as a No. 1 Trainer card. Will has also invested in getting most of these cards graded, which tends to increase their value geometrically.
Will was able to work through a series of contacts in his search for this card, assisted by Spookees. Spookees is also a member of our boards and runs an eBay Pokemon shop. Spookees gained the assistance of PokeGym staff to contact an ex-Wizards of the Coast (WotC) employee that had one of these rare cards in his possession. The card owner had turned down many offers in the past, but this offer turned out to be too good to turn down. Now, with this confirmed sale, the Prerelease Raichu takes its place as one of the most valuable Pokemon cards in existance.
The card is currently in transit and is due to be delivered to Will-iam on Wednesday, April 1st.
Will this sale flush out any of the other remaining Prerelease Raichu and bring them onto the market? Time will tell.
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