A PSA Gem Mint 10 copy of the 2003 English Aquapolis Holo Lugia, card 149/147, was reported to have sold for $360,000 in an auction attributed to Fanatics Collect Weekly. Secondary coverage places the bidding close on October 4, 2026, Pacific time, while a sales tracker records the result on October 5 as “pending payment.” The original lot archive was not available to confirm settlement, so the figure is best treated as a reported auction result, not a verified completed payment.
Which Pokémon card reportedly sold for $360,000?
The card is the Aquapolis Holo Lugia numbered 149/147, commonly called Crystal Lugia. It is an English card from the 2003 Aquapolis set, and the reported auction copy received PSA’s Gem Mint 10 grade. Polkastarter attributed the $360,000 result to Fanatics Collect Weekly; its October 5, 2026 report says auction amounts include the buyer’s premium. Because the primary Fanatics lot page was not retrieved, both the sale figure and fee treatment should remain attributed to that coverage. Polkastarter’s market report and Cardtrack’s sale entry provide secondary records.
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The reported bidding close was October 4, Pacific time; the lot’s listed sold date and Cardtrack entry were October 5. Those date labels do not, by themselves, establish when payment settled.
What makes this an Aquapolis Crystal Lugia?
Its number and card mechanic
Card 149/147 is numbered beyond Aquapolis’s 147-card set count, making it a secret-numbered card. Aquapolis Crystal Pokémon are associated with the Crystal Type Poké-Body: the Pokémon’s typing can change until the end of the turn based on the type of Basic Energy attached. The available description comes from Pokémon Hub’s October 6 report; an official card-database entry was not retrieved. Pokémon Hub’s article
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The design and era
Pokémon Hub credits the artwork to Naoyo Kimura and describes Lugia rising from the sea within a tilted composition and the compact art window of the e-Reader-era border. That is an aesthetic description, not an objective ranking. Aquapolis was one of the first e-Reader-era sets, alongside Expedition and Skyridge. The reporting characterizes the era’s print runs as relatively limited but gives no number, so it does not support a precise scarcity or population claim.
How does $360,000 compare with earlier PSA 10 sales?
| Reported result | Date and venue | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| $360,000 | October 4–5, 2026; attributed to Fanatics Collect Weekly | PSA 10 Aquapolis Crystal Lugia; Polkastarter says the amount includes buyer’s premium. Cardtrack marks its October 5 record pending payment. Polkastarter; Cardtrack |
| $148,511 | August 25, 2026; reported by Polkastarter | Earlier PSA 10 result cited by that report. It is the comparison used in its claim that the October result was more than double. Polkastarter |
| $132,000 | August 24, 2026; Cardtrack entry | Another PSA 10 auction record, on a different date and in a separate tracker. The records may differ by transaction or recording method. Cardtrack |
| $95,770 | April 2026; Goldin, as reported by Polkastarter | Reported PSA 10 sale. Polkastarter |
The two August figures should not be silently collapsed into one “previous record”: the cited sources report different amounts and dates. Auction venue, fee treatment, and how a tracker records a transaction can affect comparisons.
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Did the 30th anniversary cause the price jump?
The reporting connects Crystal Lugia with a return in 30th Celebration, where it became one of the set’s valuable cards. That gives the auction an anniversary-year connection, but timing and a reprint do not prove that anniversary excitement caused the $360,000 result. The evidence supports describing the sale as occurring amid the anniversary year, not assigning it a demonstrated cause.
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No. This figure concerns one exceptionally high-graded copy in an auction context; it is not a fair-value estimate for an ungraded card, a lower-graded example, or Pokémon cards generally. Grade, authentication, venue, fees, and individual sale conditions matter, and the cited reporting does not establish current values for other grades.
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