GameStop customer sets single trade-in record with $30K Pokémon card

A GameStop customer cashed in big time after trading a Pokémon card for over $30,000 in a historic deal.

On Dec. 1, a customer in Grapevine, Texas, sold the gaming retailer a fully authenticated PSA Grade 10 Holo Gengar card with a fair-market valuation of $33,883, according to a news release Gamestop posted on X.

After completing an inspection, verification and compliance procedures, the store paid the customer $30,494, the company said .

“This event now constitutes the most valuable single trade-in ever recorded in GameStop history,” GameStop said in the news release.

The gaming retailer added, “Furthermore, any trolls who publicly claim that GameStop trade-in values are bad are hereby factually and demonstrably incorrect. Any prior and ongoing objections to our trade values ar