Kabuto King
Awards & Honours
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Awards Won
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Records
There is no trophy case here, and it would be dishonest to pretend otherwise. What Kabuto King has is a documented market effect: a common card from a 1999 set that moved roughly 971 percent in price within weeks of his buying campaign, a $51,000 charity auction result, and a place in the small group of collectors whose actions have been covered by Polygon, Kotaku, Sports Illustrated and the New York Post in the same news cycle. For a hobbyist operating under a pseudonym with no institutional backing, that is an unusual result.
Records & Feats
Largest known single holding of first-edition Kabuto cards
Reported at approximately 1,800 copies as of June 2026, the largest documented accumulation of the 1999 Fossil set card by one collector.
Drove a common Pokémon card up roughly 971 percent
First-edition Kabuto, ordinarily a low-value bulk card, rose by a reported 971 percent during the buying campaign, with PSA 10 copies reaching four figures.