Topps produced three types of shiny Pokmon cards, and of the three, Tekno-Chrome cards had the rarest pull rates
There might be one super Volrath fan that needs this exact card or perhaps a general oddities collector interested in it
Of course, theres also the fact that The Loyal Three (and their leader, Pecharunt ex) are all great cards in general, which does help
Scarcity, nostalgia, and perfect grading keep driving prices sky-high, especially for cards with tiny PSA 10 populations
The deck does an impressive job of making WUBRG feel smooth rather than clunky
Maybe the top end of this is mostly an ego playground for fabulously rich men who'll happily spend $1.77m - the cost of 4.1 million meals for starving people, according to the World Food Programme - on a 2.5 by 3.5 inch rectangle of cardboard, just because they can