New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- Five years after breaking records by buying a Pokemon card -- a collectible trading card-- for $5.275 million, Logan Paul has now sold it for an astonishing $16.492 million, around Rs.1,495 crore. The resale, which also included a diamond-encrusted necklace, turned out to be an incredibly profitable move for the influencer-turned-WWE star.

The card in question is the ultra-rare Pikachu Illustrator, one of only 39 copies produced for a Pokemon illustration contest held in the late 1990s. It was auctioned through Goldin, and the bidding concluded on Monday, CNN reported.

Despite auction costs, the sale is believed to have earned Paul more than $8 million in profit. Reacting to the result, he described the outcome as ...