{"id":2724,"date":"2022-11-19T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/19\/nfl-pro-retires-after-selling-pokemon-card-worth-over-650000\/"},"modified":"2022-11-19T19:54:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T19:54:04","slug":"nfl-pro-retires-after-selling-pokemon-card-worth-over-650000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/19\/nfl-pro-retires-after-selling-pokemon-card-worth-over-650000\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Professional Retires After Promoting Pok\u00e9mon Card Price Over $650,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"sc-1eow4w5-1 eLNveM align--bleed js_lazy-image js_marquee-assetfigure\" data-id=\"27ac7d7d2ac8fe3df3190f3e7464c3ff\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/27ac7d7d2ac8fe3df3190f3e7464c3ff\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"1920\" data-height=\"1080\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"An NFL player screams at a large and rare Pok\u00e9mon card.\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"sc-1eow4w5-2 loxZOX has-data img-wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"max-width:1920px\" data-alt=\"An NFL player screams at a large and rare Pok\u00e9mon card.\" data-link-reference=\"\" data-link-target=\"\" data-syndicationrights=\"true\" data-imagerights=\"getty\" data-hide=\"false\" data-hidecredit=\"false\"><span class=\"sc-1eow4w5-0 dnhHtZ js_lightbox-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.3%\" class=\"sc-1eow4w5-3 lktKQM image-hydration-wrapper\">\n<div><img alt=\"An NFL player screams at a large and rare Pok\u00e9mon card.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_80,pg_1,q_80,w_80\/27ac7d7d2ac8fe3df3190f3e7464c3ff.jpg 80w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_140\/27ac7d7d2ac8fe3df3190f3e7464c3ff.jpg 140w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_265\/27ac7d7d2ac8fe3df3190f3e7464c3ff.jpg 265w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_340\/27ac7d7d2ac8fe3df3190f3e7464c3ff.jpg 340w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_490\/27ac7d7d2ac8fe3df3190f3e7464c3ff.jpg 490w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_645\/27ac7d7d2ac8fe3df3190f3e7464c3ff.jpg 645w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_740\/27ac7d7d2ac8fe3df3190f3e7464c3ff.jpg 740w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_965\/27ac7d7d2ac8fe3df3190f3e7464c3ff.jpg 965w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1165\/27ac7d7d2ac8fe3df3190f3e7464c3ff.jpg 1165w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1315\/27ac7d7d2ac8fe3df3190f3e7464c3ff.jpg 1315w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1465\/27ac7d7d2ac8fe3df3190f3e7464c3ff.jpg 1465w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1600\/27ac7d7d2ac8fe3df3190f3e7464c3ff.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(max-width: 25em) calc(100vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(max-width: 37.31em) calc(100vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(min-width: 37.37em) and (max-width: 49.94em) calc(100vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(min-width: 50em) and (max-width: 63.69em) 800px,&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(min-width: 63.75em) and (max-width: 85.19em) calc(66.5vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;800px&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;\" draggable=\"auto\" data-chomp-id=\"27ac7d7d2ac8fe3df3190f3e7464c3ff\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-alt=\"An NFL player screams at a large and rare Pok\u00e9mon card.\" data-anim-src=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-7s1ndr-0 ikKPtM no-caption\">Photograph<!-- -->: <!-- -->Goldin \/ The Pok\u00e9mon Firm \/ Kotaku \/ Eric Espada<!-- --> (<!-- -->Getty Pictures<!-- -->)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-id=\"27ac7d7d2ac8fe3df3190f3e7464c3ff\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/27ac7d7d2ac8fe3df3190f3e7464c3ff\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"1920\" data-height=\"1080\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"An NFL player screams at a large and rare Pok\u00e9mon card.\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Taking part in within the NFL is hard and plenty of gamers depart due to career-ending accidents or dangerous seasons. However after seven years within the league, Las Vegas Raiders linebacker Blake Martinez has retired mid-season for a unique purpose: He\u2019s making sufficient cash promoting <em>Pok\u00e9mon<\/em> playing cards\u2014lately promoting a really uncommon card for almost $700,000\u2014and doesn\u2019t want the earnings he will get from enjoying anymore. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Las Vegas Raiders participant Blake Martinez shocked many followers when <span>he introduced final week<\/span> that he was retiring from the NFL on the comparatively younger age of 28. He was first drafted by the <span>Inexperienced Bay Packers in 2016<\/span>. Following 4 years with Inexperienced Bay, he joined the New York Giants in 2020 earlier than struggling a torn ACL in 2021. He was launched shortly after, and joined the Las Vegas Raiders the place he gave the impression to be doing properly this season. In his final recreation earlier than his retirement, he racked up 11 tackles. Nevertheless, promoting <em>Pok\u00e9mon<\/em> playing cards seems to be Martinez\u2019s true ardour\u2014to not point out a reasonably good supply of earnings for him\u2014and he\u2019s focusing extra on that now.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"twitter-embed\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/embed\/inset\/iframe?id=twitter-1586547569072668677&amp;autosize=1\" autoresize=\"true\" id=\"twitter-1586547569072668677\" data-recommended=\"false\" width=\"500\" height=\"159\" class=\"core-inset lazyload\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitAllowFullScreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\"><span>As reported by <em>Dexerto<\/em><\/span>, two weeks earlier than asserting his retirement mid-season, the NFL professional bought an especially uncommon and invaluable <span><em>Pok\u00e9mon<\/em> Illustrator card<\/span> for a hefty sum. Final month, the cardboard was graded <span>a 9.5 \u201cGem Mint\u201d high quality ranking<\/span>, making it the most effective examples of this coveted card. On October 29 the cardboard\u2014which Martinez nicknamed \u201cThe Swirllustrator\u201d due to two small swirl marks within the card\u2019s art work\u2014<span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 eRdxJX js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoldinCo\/status\/1586547569072668677&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoldinCo\/status\/1586547569072668677\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">was sold via Goldin auctions<\/a><\/span> for a whopping $672,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Sure, this is similar kind of uncommon card that <span>Logan Paul paid over $5 million for<\/span> earlier this 12 months and wore round his neck throughout Wrestlemania in April, though his was graded a ten, or good high quality.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-15 BiRlJ\">\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-0 sc-1atgi65-1 bdNdA-D js_commerce-inset-permalink\" data-inset-url=\"https:\/\/supershop.sjv.io\/c\/379647\/1185863\/14902?subId1=IV-&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.livesuper.com%2Fshop%2Fproducts%2Fpokemon-scarlet-or-pokemon-violet-nintendo-switch&amp;subId3=xid:fr1668790501047dce\" data-inset-category=\"CommerceInsetMobile\">\n<p>G\/O Media might get a fee<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\"><strong>Learn Extra: <\/strong><span>The Prime 12 Most Beneficial <em>Pok\u00e9mon <\/em>Playing cards In Historical past<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Nonetheless, it is a massive sale, and hardly Martinez\u2019s first time shopping for and promoting <em>Pok\u00e9mon<\/em> playing cards. The previous NFL participant is a giant fan of the playing cards and has been gathering them for years, although in 2020, within the midst of the pandemic, his love for gathering and promoting was reignited. He opens previous and new card packs on his Instagram and shares his finds on-line ceaselessly. In actual fact, Martinez claims to have discovered <span>the uncommon \u201cSwirllustrator\u201d throughout one among these pack openings<\/span>. The professional participant additionally has <span>a collectible card enterprise<\/span>, shopping for and promoting uncommon playing cards on-line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">\u201cI&#8217;ve chosen to step away from this profession right now to give attention to my household and future passions,\u201d defined Martinez in his retirement put up on Instagram. It seems his \u201cardour\u201d is utilizing the wealth he made within the NFL to purchase and promote uncommon<em> Pok\u00e9mon<\/em> playing cards. And actually, I\u2019m blissful for the man. He\u2019s far much less more likely to undergo a horrible concussion whereas shopping for uncommon Pikachu playing cards on-line. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/rare-pokemon-card-illustrator-blake-martinez-nfl-retire-1849803410\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Photograph: Goldin \/ The Pok\u00e9mon Firm \/ Kotaku \/ Eric Espada (Getty Pictures) Taking part in within the NFL is hard and plenty of gamers depart due to career-ending accidents or dangerous seasons. However after seven years within the league, Las Vegas Raiders linebacker Blake Martinez has retired mid-season for a unique purpose: He\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[875,2216,708,1032,2217,726,664],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2724"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2725,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2724\/revisions\/2725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}