The Brief
- A customer traded in a fully-authenticated PSA 10 Holo Gengar Pokémon card worth more than $33,000 at a Grapevine, Texas GameStop.
- GameStop completed all checks and paid the customer $30,494.70, making it the most valuable single trade-in in company history.
- GameStop officials used the record-breaking trade to publicly argue that claims about poor trade-in values at the company are “factually and demonstrably incorrect.”
GRAPEVINE, Texas – A GameStop customer in Grapevine, Texas, traded in a fully-authenticated PSA 10 Holo Gengar Pokémon card on Dec. 1, 2025 during the company’s Power Packs program.
Pokémon card nets more than $30K
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The card has a fair-market valuation of $33,883.
GameStop completed all the required inspection, verification and compliance procedures and paid the customer $30,494.70.…