There's a long-running joke about finding really valuable stuff squirreled away at your grandparents' house, but for one Pokemon cards fan, that's actually come true – and the value of what they uncovered is probably around six figures.
In a post on reddit, InkedSketch describes how "Grandma been asking us to come find her Pokemon cards for years." What they didn't expect was just how valuable this collection was. At a glance, it features over 70 sealed 'Fossil' booster packs which are worth hundreds of dollars each on the likes of eBay, three sealed Fossil boxes that clock in at around $7K individually on price tracking sites, original booster packs from the game's launch. The haul goes far beyond Pokemon cards, too; there are also action figures and a sealed Pokedex toy from the 1990s.
This collection may be worth hundreds, but unfortunately for us, modern Pokemon cards aren't exactly cheap by comparison. The cheapest prices I've been able to find for the brand-new Pitch Black set are via Amazon or at Miniature Market, for example, but even those are inflated beyond the normal rate.
"She told us she had some packs from along time ago, and that she had a few 'sharjarzds.'" InkedSketch writes in their post. "We finally decided to look for them at the end of last year. She's in her 80s and has been recently talking about them more, we just thought it was like our own trashed pokemon/yugioh collection that was leftover from when we were super young."
Turns out, not so much.
The fan community is suitably stunned. "Literal treasure trove," FisherKelTath00 replies with 2.1K upvotes. "Seriously this is prolly like $250k in product. That’s a ROUGH estimate too," War-Daddie adds.
Grandma been asking us to come find her Pokemon cards for years (Update)from r/PokemonTCG
Some in the comments are even suggesting that this estimate is too modest. "Sincere lowball estimate I think," lucky_719 writes. "The one shadowless Charizard can go for five figures alone if it's in decent shape. The 1st edition fossil booster boxes go for $15-$30k each and the lady has 3."
Either way, it's one hell of a haul. What would you do if you found that kinda stash at your grandparents' house?
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