Dossier
Goldin Auctions
Coverage of Goldin Auctions in the Nexus archive.
- The Future of Collecting: Alladan Flinn of Based Trading Cards on Cards, Community, and Culture
A 1998 Pikachu Illustrator trading card sold for $16.49 million in 2026, highlighting the surge in trading card values driven by community engagement, economic uncertainty, and verifiable scarcity. Alladan Flinn's Based Trading Cards (also known as Bitcoin Trading Cards) creates limited-edition cards promoting sound money and decentralization, reflecting growing overlaps between trading card culture and Bitcoin communities.