Logan Paul has sold an ultra-rare Pokémon trading card for a record-shattering $16.5m (£12m), according to the auction company.

The YouTuber and wrestler bought the Pikachu Illustrator card - the best preserved example of one of the rarest Pokémon cards ever - in a deal worth $5.3m (£3.9m) in 2021, a record at the time.

He has now sold it for $16.492m, including buyer's premium, according to auction firm Goldin.

The winning bidder was venture capitalist AJ Scaramucci, son of financier and former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci. AJ Scaramucci said it was the first acquisition of a planned "planetary treasure hunt".

The auction result was "absolutely insane", Paul said on a YouTube live stream as confetti fell.