News | Entertainment
9 Mar 2026 9:57
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Logan Paul has sold a Pokemon trading card for $16.5 million

    The 30-year-old star acquired the Pikachu Illustrator card - the best preserved example of one of the rarest Pokemon cards - for $5.3 million back in 2021, and he's now sold the coveted item for a record-breaking sum.


    The Pikachu Illustrator card went under the hammer on Goldin Auctions on Monday (16.02.26), and was bought by venture capitalist AJ Scaramucci, son of financier and former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci.

    Scaramucci said: "I'm on a quest to buy a T-Rex dinosaur fossil, I'm going to buy the Declaration of Independence, and I'm not stopping there. This was only the beginning."

    Logan - who shot to international fame on YouTube, before joining the WWE - is thought to have earned more than $8 million in profit after auction fees.

    Logan described the sale amount as "absolutely insane".

    Meanwhile, Logan and his wife Nina Agdal welcomed their daughter Esme into the world in 2024, and he previously admitted that fatherhood has transformed his life, explaining that he's become "less selfish".

    Logan told People: "I'm no longer my first priority. It's made me less selfish. Prior to Nina, I was No. 1 in my life.

    "Now with Esme, my daughter, I've dropped two rungs down the priority ladder. It's Esme, Nina, those are interchangeable - then me.

    "So for the first time in my life, I'm not my first concern. I would die for these women. I haven't been able to say that about anyone."

    Nina also observed that fatherhood had changed Logan, revealing that he's more "motivated" than ever since becoming a dad.

    The model - who began dating Logan in 2022 - said: "He has actually gotten more motivated, I would almost say. He's working really hard, he wants to show her that she can do anything.

    "He's obviously a softy with her, he loves her so much. But he's become very dedicated to pursuing even bigger dreams."

    © 2026 Bang Showbiz, NZCity

     Other Entertainment News
     09 Mar: Selena Gomez received "the sweetest" handmade gift from her friend Taylor Swift for her 30th birthday
     09 Mar: Maggie Gyllenhaal left a sweet note for brother Jake in Stephen Colbert's couch
     09 Mar: Nathan Fillion has teased a major "announcement" sparking rumours of Firefly revival
     09 Mar: Jamie Lee Curtis has confirmed The Bear is ending after five seasons
     09 Mar: Billy Idol finally beat his heroin addiction when he started smoking crack
     09 Mar: Hilary Duff has claimed she received "zero education" as a result of spending her childhood working on TV and film sets
     09 Mar: Bethenny Frankel doesn't think a return to Real Housewives would be "good for business"
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    Former Rugby Australian chair Hamish McLennan stands by his call to dump Dave Rennie three years ago as he prepares to take on the All Blacks job More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    Fonterra farmers are upbeat about their big upcoming pay day More...



     Today's News

    Environment:
    'Crisis averted' is the message from Environment Canterbury, as it works to contain an oil spill in Akaroa Harbour 9:57

    Entertainment:
    Selena Gomez received "the sweetest" handmade gift from her friend Taylor Swift for her 30th birthday 9:35

    Politics:
    Some Christchurch school sites closed after the quakes, are still in use - while others wait for their future to be determined 9:27

    Entertainment:
    Maggie Gyllenhaal left a sweet note for brother Jake in Stephen Colbert's couch 9:05

    Business:
    Fonterra farmers are upbeat about their big upcoming pay day 8:37

    Entertainment:
    Nathan Fillion has teased a major "announcement" sparking rumours of Firefly revival 8:35

    National:
    What Americans think of the war in Iran 8:27

    National:
    The US sank an Iranian warship and didn’t rescue the survivors. Is this legal in war? 8:17

    National:
    Arming a Kurdish insurgency would be a risky endeavor – for both the US and Iran’s minority Kurds 8:07

    Accident and Emergency:
    A person has died in a single vehicle crash on State Highway 5 in Taupo this morning 8:07


     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2026 New Zealand City Ltd