3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Woman finds old Pokemon cards in storage and can't get over their true value
A woman was baffled after she brought her old Pokémon cards to be evaluated – only to learn that her whole collection is estimated to be worth a staggering sum in total
A woman called in some Pokémon experts to look over the old binder filled with collectible cards that she'd found among her old items – and she couldn't believe what they told her.
While Pokémon cards are a fun thing to collect and play with, some might not realise that some cards can be resold for thousands of pounds. So when one woman came across her old binder that was filled with Pokémon cards she'd collected as a child, she quickly took them to Deep Dive Games Athens to get an estimate on how much her collection could be worth while also finding out if her collection included any hidden gems.
The game sellers quickly realised what they'd just come across – and decided to film themselves flipping through her binder of cards as they admired what they found inside.
"Customer brought in a binder they found in storage. Asked if they were worth anything..." they wrote in the overlay of the TikTok video, which showed them looking through the binder that was filled with cards.
"I need to send this to my Pokémon discord channel so they just, like, lose their ever loving minds," one of the game sellers said.
To this, the woman said: "I did not realise. I thought maybe it was a couple hundred dollars."
The seller went on to say that there were several cards he'd seen already that would be worth $50-100 [£36-73] each, but would be worth even more if sold in mint condition, like the cards in the binder appeared to be.
In her collection was also a first edition Charizard, which in itself has previously regularly been sold for more than $300,000 (£221,036), according to eBay.
However, as her card was in German, it could affect the value of it. The collection also included several shiny cards, as well as legendary cards, such as Crystal Lugia, and a first edition Gyarados card.
The woman kindly offered to give the sellers a card if they found anything they liked – but they declined as the items are so valuable. They pointed out that some of the cards were easily worth $300-500 [£220-368] each.
And the game sellers weren't the only ones impressed with the collection – as several viewers took to the comment section to share their amazement.
Another joked: "That's retirement sorted lol." And another gushed: "Jeeeez she's sitting on tens of thousands."
"She seems like a really sweet kind person I'm glad she went to you and didn't get swindled by some bad person."
