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This boom in sales applies to most Pok\u00e9mon cards, especially those from much older sets and extremely rare cards that are hard to find on the market, including proto-type cards that rarely ever go up for auction.\u00a0 One such card is a near one-of-a-kind Blastoise card that Wizards of the Coast commissioned collectibles company Cartamundi to make to print in 1998 as presentation centerpieces ahead of the launch of the original Pok\u00e9mon TCG Base Set in 1999. Only a few of these cards were ever printed and it features Blastoise in the same style that the Water-type appears in on the original artwork for Pok\u00e9mon Blue.\u00a0 In the most recent auction listed for the Galaxy Star Holo - Commissioned Presentation Blastoise, the card went for $360,000, according to Heritage Auctions. That specific card was graded as near mint at an 8.5 by the CGC. This is the only one of four variants graded by the CGC overall and the only one to have a blank back, while the other three all have Magic: The Gathering backs. Likewise, HA also officially auctioned a sealed, first edition booster box for Base Set at $408,000. In comparison, a Shadowless edition Base Set booster box sold for $78,000 and an Unlimited Base Set box went for $28,800. 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