GoKawiilWoking man's attic Pokémon card collection sells for £1.56m at Ewbank's
A retired decorator from Woking sold a collection of Pokémon cards bought in the late 1990s for £1.56m at an Ewbank's auction on Wednesday. He only realised their worth after reading a local newspaper report about a single card selling for over £6,000, having stored the sealed, binder-filed cards in his attic for 15 years. One set he bought for £300 from a Malaysian eBay seller sold for £75,000.
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Ewbank's says the sale is the UK's most valuable trading card auction ever and could be a European record, which may draw more attention to vintage Pokémon cards as collectible assets. The case also illustrates how items bought casually decades ago can appreciate dramatically once collector markets mature, potentially prompting others to check old collections for hidden value.
- Collection sold for £1.56m at Ewbank's auction house on Wednesday
- Owner only learned of the cards' value after a local newspaper report
- Auction house calls it the UK's most valuable trading card sale, possibly a European record
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