Dec. 2 (UPI) -- GameStop announced a customer in Texas traded in a Pokémon trading card for $30,494.70, marking "the most valuable single trade-in ever recorded in GameStop history."

The gaming store chain released a statement reporting a customer in Grapevine, Texas, brought "a fully authenticated PSA 10 Holo Gengar" into their local store.

The card was put through required "inspection, verification and compliance procedures," and was found to have a fair-market valuation of $33,883.

The store paid the customer $30,494.70 for the card.

"This event now constitutes the most valuable single trade-in ever recorded in GameStop history," the statement said.