An ultra-rare Pikachu Illustrator card $1.4 million sale has made headlines. The PSA 9-graded 1998 Japanese CoroCoro promo fetched $1,406,250 at Heritage Auctions on March 27, 2026. Only about 40 copies were ever printed, with just 15 graded PSA 9. This ranks as the third-highest Pokémon card sale ever.