{"id":6512,"date":"2021-01-29T14:46:06","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T14:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uaaglobal.com\/art-world-roundup-pokemon-cards-set-auction-record-man-arrested-for-break-in-at-the-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-and-more\/"},"modified":"2021-01-29T14:46:06","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T14:46:06","slug":"art-world-roundup-pokemon-cards-set-auction-record-man-arrested-for-break-in-at-the-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uaaglobal.com\/art-world-roundup-pokemon-cards-set-auction-record-man-arrested-for-break-in-at-the-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Art World Roundup: Pok\u00e9mon cards set auction record, man arrested for break-in at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"
This week\u2019s Art World Roundup looks at a record-setting series of Pok\u00e9mon cards, a City of London decision to remove statues of two men tied to the transatlantic slave trade, and a Kara Walker sculpture that plays a major role in FKA twigs video. Also, the USPS is honouring Emilio S\u00e1nchez with a stamp series, Basel art spaces call on government to ease up on lockdown restrictions, an online auction of things you just won\u2019t believe, and Boston police arrest man related to odd break in at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Were you among the millions of kids (and a lot of adults, too) who latched onto Pok\u00e9mon? If so, you might be kicking yourself for having opened every pack, used the cards until they were bent, and eventually thrown away or sold them off after a set of unopened first-edition cards sold for $408,000. In total the record-setting set includes 396 original cards which are split into 36 booster packs containing 11 cards each. Released in 1999 by game publisher Wizards of the Coast, the cards set a world record when they sold at Heritage Auctions in Dallas as part of their \u201cComics & Comic Art Signature Auction\u201d that included 16 lots of Pok\u00e9mon memorabilia. In total, the Pok\u00e9mon collectibles brought in a total of $1.3 million. The cards were in \u201cgem mint\u201d condition, the highest level of classification. \u201cDue to their low print run, these box sets have become extremely scarce, especially those still in the original sealed state,\u201d wrote<\/a> the auction house. \u201cIt is considered the pinnacle of Pok\u00e9mon box collecting.\u201d During the bidding battle, the auctioneer, Brian Wiedman, stated that the \u201cPok\u00e9mon craze<\/a>\u201d was \u201calive and well,\u201d which for Pok\u00e9mon lovers around the world, won\u2019t come as a surprise.<\/p>\nGotta catch \u2019em all?<\/strong><\/h6>\n