FWIW: Here some data I’m aware of:
- The original retail price we know: 200,000 Japanese Yen. For people outside of Japan this meant additional middleman, shipping, and import fees. For me that would be around 2750 USD in total. Since I bought my car a few months earlier, I didn’t want to spend that much money on a single card, not even a gold Base Pikachu. On one end I kinda regret it now, but on the other end it was a good decision to not spend that much money back then…
- In the 3-4 months after the Solid Gold Pikachus were made and given to the original buyers, I’ve seen three being sold. One sold for the original 200,000. One for 225,000. And one for 255,000. (All three on YJ, so prices in Japanese Yen.)
- I’ve seen a couple for sale on eBay, usually asking 8,000 - 10,000 USD. None of those have been sold a.f.a.i.k.
- The one bought by that YouTuber mentioned earlier for 8,000 AU is probably the highest sold price thus far. Which would be around 5,7k USD in the current AUD to USD exchange rate (not sure what it was at the time he bought it, but not that much of a difference compared t now I assume).
If I had to put a price on one in the current market, I’d say around 4-6k USD. Although I state 3.250 USD in my buy list, those prices are on the low end of what I’m willing to spend, and all prices are negotiable. I can’t be too picky about prices considering that for some cards I have yet to see a single one being for sale based on the last 4-5 years, so I’m not going to haggle too much and will accept a reasonable higher price pretty easily. For the Solid Gold Pikachu I would probably be willing to spend around 4,000 USD as my absolute max right now (if it’s a properly centered one, otherwise 3,750 USD is my max).
EDIT/UPDATE: Additional purchase history. And I’m willing to pay 6k at this point in time.
Greetz,
Quuador