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A new record high for an unopened box of first edition Pokémon cards has been set at $408,000. The sale was handled Jan. 15 by Heritage Auctions, the same company that brokered another record-breaking Pokémon sale in November.
The Pokémon Trading Card Game (Pokémon TCG) first launched in 1996, and was originally published in the United States by Wizards of the Coast — the same company behind another collectible card game, Magic: The Gathering. It pits two or more trainers against one another in traditional Pokémon battles, but with cards instead of digital pocket monsters. Cards are traditionally purchased in blind booster packs or on the secondary market.
Like Magic, the original Pokémon TCG is still in print. You can find it for sale at your friendly local game store, big box retailers, and online. But the secondary market — especially the speculative market for unopened first-edition booster packs — is red hot, spurred on by social media hype, Logan Paul, and even free-wheeling cryptocurrency investors.
This most recent run of record sales kicked off in October when rapper Logic put down $183,000 for a Charizard, and culminated most recently with a $375,000 deal that fell apart live on YouTube. Also sold at auction over the weekend: a rare Blastoise, one of only two ever printed, that sold for $360,000.
Box of Pokémon cards sells at auction for more than $400,000, a new record
An unopened box of Pokémon cards just sold for $408,000 at auction. The record-breaking deal was closely followed by the sale of a single Blastoise card, one of only two like it ever made, that sold for $360,000.
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The way I used to have a huge box of cards in beautiful condition, because I never played with them... And my mum threw them out.
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I wonder how much Yu-Gi-Oh cards sell for these days..
Or UNO cards
Or UNO cards
How about giving me 400k instead, I will spend them well I promise
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Maybe my old Digimon McDonald's toys are sought after collectables these daysI wonder how much Yu-Gi-Oh cards sell for these days..
Or UNO cards
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your local superheroineLet's try to make some money of selling cards!Maybe my old Digimon McDonald's toys are sought after collectables these days
Why I have never collected Pokemon cards before oiasjdoisjaasiojd I could make millions!!!
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Same. It will go to good causes.
That's amazing. I always knew they were sort after at my primary growing up school.
But never to this extent.
I also was wondering the same about Yu-Gi-Oh cards.I wonder how much Yu-Gi-Oh cards sell for these days..
Or UNO cards
Highest sold Yu-Gi-Oh card I could find is this.
Yugioh 1st Edition Wavy Lob LOB-001 Blue Eyes White Dragon PSA 10 Gem Mint | eBay
<p>Yugioh 1st Edition Wavy Lob LOB-001 Blue Eyes White Dragon PSA 10 Gem Mint.</p><br><p>This is a real deal 1st Edition WAVY print LOB Blue Eyes. I personally have owned this card since 2013 and had it graded by PSA in 2018. I tried to capture the wavy texture in the photos as best as I could...
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Was sold for 47k USD
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Ooof and double ooof. That is a lot of walking around money.
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your local superheroineWhy did my mom had to toss my Yu-Gi-Oh cards away......I also was wondering the same about Yu-Gi-Oh cards.
Highest sold Yu-Gi-Oh card I could find is this.
Yugioh 1st Edition Wavy Lob LOB-001 Blue Eyes White Dragon PSA 10 Gem Mint | eBay
<p>Yugioh 1st Edition Wavy Lob LOB-001 Blue Eyes White Dragon PSA 10 Gem Mint.</p><br><p>This is a real deal 1st Edition WAVY print LOB Blue Eyes. I personally have owned this card since 2013 and had it graded by PSA in 2018. I tried to capture the wavy texture in the photos as best as I could...www.ebay.com
Was sold for 47k USD
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we should use pokemon cards as a global currency
I would never pay anything near 400K
Are you sure? Because someone is selling Pokémon Blastoise for 468k USD.I would never pay anything near 400K
Pokémon Blastoise #009/165R Commissioned Presentation Galaxy Star | Lot #92130 | Heritage Auctions
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Nara think about it. This is one of 2 copies that exist and is very cheap too! You should buy it!
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Hdjdjjd nah I'm going to pass on this offerAre you sure? Because someone is selling Pokémon Blastoise for 468k USD.
Pokémon Blastoise #009/165R Commissioned Presentation Galaxy Star | Lot #92130 | Heritage Auctions
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Nara think about it. This is one of 2 copies that exist and is very cheap too! You should buy it!
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GuestAre they supposed to be rare o.o
Yes! It's Pokémon First Edition Base Set Sealed Booster Box and it's come out in 1999. There is not many sealed in original shrink wrap exist anymore.
So it's very rare.
So... I was curious about UNO cards. I have been looking around and highest UNO cards ever sold is 30 USD. I don't know why but I was expecting some very rare UNO cards out there but I was wrong. lolOr UNO cards
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your local superheroineI am surprised about that! And doesn't UNO also have some sort of limited themed cards? So you'd expect those sell even better.So... I was curious about UNO cards. I have been looking around and highest UNO cards ever sold is 30 USD. I don't know why but I was expecting some very rare UNO cards out there but I was wrong. lol
You're right. I didn't think about.
There is limited themed cards. I have seen a lot different limited themed cards and I have seen is Harry Potter from 2000 in factory sealed UNO cards and they are selling for 100 USD!
Here is the highest I could found that have been sold. This was sold for 180 USD.
UNO 50th Anniversary Edition Card game Exclusive Gold Coin Mattel Lot Of 6 Games 887961986730 | eBay
<p>UNO 50th Anniversary Edition Card game Exclusive Gold Coin Mattel lot of 6 games Condition is "New". Shipped with USPS Priority mail</p>
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Still far away compare to Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh or Magic the gathering.
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in school they confiscate my pokman cards 