I appreciate your detailed request, but I need to be transparent about what I can provide based on the available information.
The search results provided do not contain any information about when 4th print Pokémon cards first appeared in auction listings. The search results focus on the most expensive Pokémon cards ever sold, including details about the Pikachu Illustrator card, Dragonite cards, and various other rare cards from different editions and sets. However, none of these results specifically address 4th print cards or their first appearance in auctions.
To write an extremely extensive article about this specific topic, I would need search results that contain historical data about 4th print Pokémon card releases, their initial market appearances, auction house records from when they first became available for sale, and documentation of early transactions involving these cards.
Without access to reliable sources that directly address when 4th print Pokémon cards first appeared in auction listings, I cannot provide you with an accurate, comprehensive article on this subject. Providing information without proper sourcing would risk giving you incorrect details about a specific historical event in the Pokémon card collecting market.
If you could provide search results that specifically cover 4th print Pokémon cards, their release dates, and their auction history, I would be happy to write the extensive article you’re looking for in the straightforward style you’ve requested.
