According to eBay, there were 60% more Pokemon card sales on its platform ... “You can take a bet on a card’s value. Is it going to increase? Is it going to flop? Or is it just gonna stay ...

This original set of cards has always had value, but 2020 caused their prices to skyrocket. TCGplayer,one of the main Pokémon card resellers ... and fun of collecting Pokemon cards is now being ...

“With the new sports releases, it has to be a one-of-one or some really low population-count card to have a ton of value, but we don’t really see that as much in Pokémon,” says Gruene.

Online card retailer TCGplayer told Insider that they shipped over 16.2 million single Pokémon cards over the course of 2020 and that some older cards have tripled in value over the past 12 months.

Mobs of fans stormed stores at the mere suggestion of a new shipment while the value of ... Cut to 2020 when controversial vlogger Logan Paul decided to visit that Pokémon card trader with ...

The inherently limited supply of each card type means that as time goes on and cards become more difficult to obtain, the value will steadily increase. Because of this, the investment model with ...

Fast-forward to 2020 ... Should a card turn out to be worth something, knowledgeable folks like Derek can then send the cards to get graded, which can help increase the total value of the card ...

In 2019, a rare Black Lotus card from Magic: The Gathering went for more than $166,000 at auction — more than doubling the card’s value.

"I've never stumbled upon something with that much value in my collection," he said. The card will need to be graded professionally to determine its value. "Grading is usually done on a scale from ...

“Considering that it’s 25 years old, it’s probably got a value with it ... A rare Pikachu card was traded for an estimated $900,000 worth of cards in December 2020, the New York Times ...

Yet, there’s nothing silly about the amount of money changing hands in the Pokémon card space these days ... youngsters—to appreciate in value.

Overall value of the cards has spiked by 20% in the past six months—according to Elizabeth Gruene, who oversees Professional ...