Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat - SVP EN 085 (Pokémon x Van Gogh Promo)

Name: Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat - SVP EN 085 (Pokémon x Van Gogh Promo)
Brand: The Collector
Availability: LimitedAvailability

PSA 10 graded Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat Pokémon promo card SVP EN 085 from the 2023 Van Gogh Museum collaboration - view 1

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Estimated value

$120 - $160

Rarity

Average(4/10)

PIKACHU WITH GREY FELT HAT - SVP EN 085 (POKÉMON X VAN GOGH PROMO): IDENTIFICATION

An English Pokémon Scarlet & Violet era Black Star Promo card featuring Pikachu rendered in a post-impressionist style. The artwork, illustrated by Naoyo Kimura, displays Pikachu wearing a grey felt hat against a textured blue and yellow background. The card features a single attack, 'Pika-Portrait', and 60 HP. It bears the promo set code SVP EN 085 at the bottom left. The card is encapsulated in a sonically sealed PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator) slab featuring a standard lighthouse label, denoting a GEM MT 10 grade under certification number 84915796.

Compare with other trading cards in the archive: Pikachu at the Museum - MEP Promo (Oversize) [MEP-EN], Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat - SVP Black Star Promo [SVP EN 085], Cavallone Tropicale (Tropical Tidal Wave) - Italian 2006 World Championships Promo #36.

SET RELEASE & PRINT RUN

Released in late September 2023, this card was produced as part of an official collaboration between The Pokémon Company International and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam to celebrate the museum's 50th anniversary. The initial distribution required museum attendance, which resulted in severe crowd control issues and scalping incidents, prompting the museum to permanently halt physical distribution on site by October 2023. Subsequent supplies were distributed via the Pokémon Center online store with qualifying purchases.

COLLECTOR INTEL

The artwork directly homages Vincent van Gogh's 1887 oil painting 'Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat', specifically mirroring the directional brushstrokes used in the original piece's background.

PSA graded over 85,000 copies of this specific English promo card by the start of 2025, creating one of the highest population reports for a single modern promo card in the company's history.

SCARCITY

Average55-70%

CommonLegendary

Typical antique shop fare. Requires some searching but regularly available. This is where most genuine antiques fall.

Rarity 4/10. Curiosa currently catalogues 125 trading cards items at rarity 4 or higher.

Typical Characteristics

Standard antique shop items
Regularly available
Moderate collector interest

Confidence Factors

Encapsulated in a modern PSA slab featuring the correct lighthouse label format.
Label features a valid, unscratched front hologram and a scannable QR code matching the 84915796 certification number.
No visible frosting on the perimeter weld seams, indicating the sonic seal has not been fractured or tampered with.

How does authenticity detection work?

GRADING EXPERT'S TAKE

Trading Card Market Analyst

Card Specialist

The card is securely encapsulated in a professional third-party grading slab with clear, verifiable certification numbers and intact security features fully visible in the provided images.

KEY EVIDENCE

1PSA Certification Label 84915796 confirming Gem Mint 10 condition.
2SVP EN 085 set code marking this as an English Scarlet & Violet era Black Star Promo.
3Naoyo Kimura artist credit matching the authenticated 2023 Van Gogh Museum promotional release.

WHAT WOULD IMPROVE CERTAINTY

→Scan the QR code on the front of the slab using the PSA mobile application to verify the certification record directly against PSA's database.

CONDITION & GRADE

PSA 10

Grading breakdown

Grade definitively assigned by PSA. Visual inspection confirms perfectly balanced top-to-bottom and left-to-right yellow borders, with crisp die-cut corners free of the standard English-print micro-chipping.

Condition

The card is preserved within a sealed PSA acrylic holder. The Gem Mint 10 designation indicates that the factory cutting resulted in centering within 55/45 to 60/40 margins on the front, with sharp corners and no visible edge whitening or surface roller marks.

TRADING CARD MARKET VALUE

$120 - $160

Updated: May 11, 2026

Who buys this

Modern Pokémon investors, Pikachu character collectors, and crossover art enthusiasts interested in museum collaborations.

What increases value

•The PSA 10 Gem Mint condition designation.
•The heavy international media coverage and viral nature of its initial 2023 release in Amsterdam.

What lowers value

•Massive graded population; PSA graded tens of thousands of these in Gem Mint 10, creating a massive secondary market supply.
•Subsequent restocks by the Pokémon Center which continually diluted the card's original perceived exclusivity.

What makes top-tier examples

•A sequential PSA 10 serial number matched with other Van Gogh promotional merchandise.
•Complete absence of 'Newton rings' (optical interference patterns) between the card surface and the inner slab plastic.

Grade & condition

Because straight-from-pack promos are not subjected to play wear, the grade is determined strictly by factory centering, factory edge cutting tolerances (lack of silvering or whitening), and a surface printed without factory roller lines or foil scratching.