boasts a $170,000 bid with 10 days to go. The card is “Black Diamond Label certified” and graded “Gold Label Pristine 10” — the most prestigious level — by the respected card grading group Sportscard Guaranty Corporation.
In addition to its credentials, the card is “irresistibly cloying” and “beckons the observer through magnetic visual qualities that challenge the adequacy of verbal description,” Goldin’s description says, waxing poetic about the potent piece of ’90s nostalgia.
The rhapsodic lot blurb goes on to compare the Charizard card with the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle rookie card, arguing that “both items showcase larger-than-life figures who occupy center-stage in the fantasies of countless enthusiasts” and “radiate a physical beauty.
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