Another Record! Kangaskhan Parent/Child Promo Graded CGC Pristine 10 Realizes $640,507 in Goldin Sale

CGC-certified Pokémon cards just keep getting hotter! Following a Pokémon Illustrator graded CGC Gem Mint 10 that realized more than $2 million in February, a Kangaskhan promo card graded CGC Pristine 10 has also broken records by realizing more than $640,000 in a Goldin auction. The Kangaskhan was among more than a hundred CGC-certified cards in Goldin’s 2026 Pokémon 151 30th Anniversary Auction, which ended on March 8, 2026.

The Kangaskhan, Pokémon (1998) Japanese Unnumbered Garura Parent/Child Tournament Prize Promo graded CGC Pristine 10 (lot 8) realized $640,507 after an intense bidding war. This is the highest price for a Kangaskhan promo at auction, easily surpassing the previous record-holder, which sold on Heritage in 2023. It is also currently the fourth-highest price realized by a trading card certified by CGC, coming just behind “The Swirllustrator” — a Pokémon Illustrator graded CGC 9.5 that sold for $672,000 in 2022 — as well as the Pokémon Illustrator that sold for $2 million. The current highest-selling CGC-certified card remains an Alpha Black Lotus from Magic: The Gathering graded CGC Pristine 10 that realized $3 million in 2024.

The Garura (Kangaskhan’s name in Japanese) Parent/Child promo was a prize exclusive to those who competed and placed in the Kangaskhan Parent-Child Tournament, a side tournament available to parent-child duo teams during the Kamex Mega Battle tournament in Japan in 1998. The competition had one parent or guardian team up with their child for 2v2 tag team TCG matches. The winner of each tournament received two copies of this promo card — one each for the parent and child. Very few copies of this Kangaskhan promo are known to exist, making them extremely valuable to collectors.

This CGC Pristine 10 example is the sole-highest-graded in the CGC Cards Population Report as of March 2026. The exclusive card artwork is drawn by Ken Sugimori, the artist behind most of Pokémon’s original watercolor illustrations.

“Considering the card was given out more than 27 years ago, it is in impeccable condition,” said Matt Quinn, Vice President of CGC Cards. “It is an incredible piece of Pokémon history, and we are thrilled to have encapsulated it in a CGC holder.”

Other CGC-certified cards in the Goldin sale included:

• a set of four No. 1-4 Trainer, Pokémon (2014) World Championship Promos graded CGC 9.5 through CGC Gem Mint 10 (lot 14) that realized $195,200
• a No. 1 Trainer, Pokémon (2018) Pokémon World Championships Promo graded CGC 9.5 (lot 29) that realized $74,432
• a Torchic Gold Star, Pokémon (2004) EX Team Rocket Returns Holo graded CGC Gem Mint 10 (lot 52) that realized $53,070
• a No. 1 Trainer, Pokémon (2013) World Championships Promo graded CGC 8.5 (lot 25) that realized $46,495
• a Pikachu, Pokémon (2015) Art Academy Contest Winner – Illus. Me! Graded CGC Gem Mint 10 (lot 35) that realized $44,530

Prices realized include a buyer’s premium.

About CGC

Since revolutionizing comic book grading in 2000, CGC has grown to include certification services for a vast variety of pop culture collectibles. These divisions include CGC Cards, CGC Video Games and CGC Home Video. CGC Cards provides expert card grading for sports cards, TCGs and non-sports cards. CGC Video Games is dedicated to video game grading for the most popular consoles, including Nintendo, Sega, Atari, PlayStation and more. CGC Home Video provides expert VHS grading in addition to other types of videocassettes, DVD, Blu-ray and more. CGC also offers seamless solutions for autograph collectors with CGC Signature Series and JSA Authentic Autograph services.

CGC is part of the Certified Collectibles Group, a global provider of expert and impartial authentication and grading services for collectibles. Since 1987, the Certified Collectibles Group companies have certified more than 110 million collectibles, including coins, banknotes, comic books, cards, autographs and stamps.