In another episode of Read the Fucking Room, yesterday a Pokémon card was sold for $16.5 million.
The players in this story should comes as no surprise. Accused fraudster and famously unlikable douche Logan Paul (source) was the seller while the buyer was nepobaby A.J. Scaramucci, son of Trump sycophant Anthony Scaramucci.
The card’s value got a (suspiciously) nice bump, going for nearly 3 times what Paul paid for it just 5 years ago. The vocal Trump supporter bought the card for $5,275,000 in 2021.
The accused scam artist then sold 51% worth of shares in the card on his suspect business venture Liquid Marketplace. He then claims to have bought back the shares—although nobody with ownership “tokens” seems to confirm this. Fellow Trump supporter A.J. Scaramucci then paid more than $10 million above what Paul had paid for it.
For context, let’s see what else $16.5 million could buy.
What Can a Pokémon Card Buy Nowadays?
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- Vitamin A Supplements: 33,000,000 doses
- Malaria Bed Nets: 8,250,000 nets
- Trees Planted: 8,250,000
- School Lunches (USA): 4,400,000 meals
- Daily Nutritious Meals: 4,100,000 days
- Solar Lanterns: 825,000 units
- Public Library Books: 825,000 books
- Childhood Vaccine Bundles: 660,000 children
- Cataract Surgeries: 330,000 operations
- Monthly Bus Passes: 165,000 months
- Durable Bicycles: 110,000 bikes
- Wheelchairs: 110,000 units
- Years of Elementary Education: 31,790 years
- Years of Detroit Heating Bills: 11,000 years
- Water Wells (Village): 3,000 wells
- Community Gardens: 3,300 gardens
- Years of Detroit Rent: 1,057 years
- 4-Year College Scholarships: 412 scholarships
- Tiny Homes for Homeless: 330 homes
- Detroit Single Homes: 183 houses