Pokémon Mew Holo - CP6 20th Anniversary, Japanese 1st Edition, PSA 10

Mew returns in its first-edition printing from the Japanese CP6 "20th Anniversary" expansion, released in 2016 to mark two decades of the Pokémon franchise. The artwork is by Ken Sugimori, the original character designer of the first generation: Mew rests on a moss-covered rock in tall grass, a serene, playful pose that answers the Pokédex account of a Pokémon so elusive that few have ever seen it. Card #051/087, holographic, from the set's first print run.

Anniversary sets hold a particular place in Pokémon collecting. They gathered the franchise's historic artists and returned classic subjects to print under a commemorative banner, which is why their first-edition printings are followed so closely by collectors building runs by artist or by era. Sugimori's hand is the through-line: the sensibility that defined the original artwork of the 1990s is legible here, reworked for a modern card frame.

This example has been authenticated and encapsulated by PSA at 10 GEM MINT, the highest grade the service assigns - a level of preservation that is demanding to find on a holographic card of this era and that places it among the most presentable examples of the set.