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Pokemon Card Collection Found in Attic Sells for £1.56 Million at Ewbank's
A retired interior designer from Woking, Surrey, sold his Pokemon card collection at Ewbank's auction house for £1.56 million (about ¥327 million), the BBC reported.
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Why it matters
The sale prices a childhood collection as a seven-figure asset, and Ewbank's attributes the bidding to buyers now in their 30s and 40s with money to spend on the cards they grew up with.
Key Facts
- A Pokemon card collection sold for £1.56 million (about ¥327 million) at Ewbank's auction house.
- The seller is a retired interior designer from Woking, Surrey, who bought the cards on eBay from a Malaysian seller in the late 1990s.
- The cards were stored in the attic for about 15 years after his son lost interest in Pokemon.
- A Legendary Collection Complete Master Set with a near-mint Charizard sold for £100,000 against a £15,000 to £20,000 estimate.
- One set bought for £300 at the time sold for £75,000 at the auction.
He bought the cards on eBay from a Malaysian seller for his son in the late 1990s, then stored them in the attic for about 15 years after his son lost interest. A Legendary Collection Complete Master Set with a near-mint Charizard sold for £100,000 against a £15,000 to £20,000 estimate.
The seller had no idea the binders were worth anything until a local newspaper article mentioned a single Pokemon card selling for more than £6,000. He brought 42 sets to Ewbank's, where James Spooner, head of the trading card department, said he was stunned by the haul. One set bought for £300 in the late 1990s sold for £75,000. Andrew Ewbank said bidders gathered from all over the world and described the Pokemon market as booming.
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