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First Edition Pikachu (Red Cheeks) #58 Estimated PSA 10 Gem Mint Value: $3,500 Pikachu is the face of the entire Pokmon franchise and evolves from Pichu and later into Raichu

His 1952 Topps has supplanted the Honus Wagner as the face of the hobby, says Chris Ivy, the director of Heritages sports auction division

*Also includes alternate art and/or design cards from the above types

This particular variant of the card is at the Marvel rarity level

Attack #1: [2P] Fade to Black (70) Your opponent's Active Pokemon is now Confused

Rich: The postwar designs got a lot better, and the technology improved quite a bit, and they started looking at adding facsimile autographs to cards