A collection of mint condition Pokémon cards recently sold for more than $100,000 at auction - the most any of the cards have ever sold for to date.
During the latter half of the 1990s, we were obsessed with all things Pokémon. Fast forward 20 years and, well, not much has changed. We are still very much obsessed with Pocket Monsters, but we now have almost six times as many creatures to learn about and try to remember. Our Pokémon focus has also shifted from Red and Blue to Sword and Shield, or at least, it will have by the end of 2019.
Our focus on the franchise's trading cards is also nowhere near as strong as it used to be. Most of us will have given the cards to a friend, left them in the attic of an old home, or maybe even thrown them in the trash. Turns out that might have been one of the biggest mistakes we ever made, considering how much those very same cards are selling for now.
In fact, a collection of original cards recently sold at auction for $107,010, reports TMZ Sports. That's the highest amount Pokémon cards have sold for to date. The collection of 103 cards included a shiny Blastoise, Alakazam and yes, that elusive first edition holographic Charizard.
The set was sold at Goldin auctions last week and considering the cards are 20 years old, they were all in incredible condition. Most of them were also extremely rare, hence the astronomical price paid for them. It's believed that some of the cards in the 103 piece collection are one of 50 or less in the world. Time to pay your parents a visit and double-check that you've not got any lying around in the attic.
Pokémon cards aren't a thing of the past, nor are the only ones left in existence the now incredibly rare ones that survived our childhoods. With each new generation of Pokémon comes more cards, and some special edition ones were even released in conjunction with the Detective Pikachu movie. If you get your hands on any of those, we would recommend storing them somewhere safe. 20 years from now, you might have a $100,000 collection on your hands.