Long-Term Collectors Should Be Alert Regarding Card Storage
Although The_Spear808 might have found entertainment in their discovery, collectors should learn from this and conserve their cards to maintain as best a condition as possible. For more die-hard collectors who have been compiling their roster over many years, these conditions may actually cause deterioration during this time, which could be quite a gut-punch. When moving house or rearranging rooms, it's easy for boxes to be stored away in garages, basements, or attics until they are conveniently ready to display once again.
Depending on their condition, some Pokémon Cards might be worth much more than $100,000; hence, collectors could be sitting on an incredible gold mine depending on what they have accumulated over the years. Sadly, as these trade cards are essentially only paper, they may be quite readily destroyed, therefore reducing their worth.
The Pokémon Trading Card Game has been causing great nostalgia.
Particularly with 2023's Scarlet & Violet set, which had the original 151 Pokémon from Gen 1's Kanto area, the Pokémon Trading Card Game has been savoring in nostalgia lately. Sadly, one fan's terrible find serves as a warning to long-term collectors regarding just how they decide to keep their cards.
Redditor The_Spear808 posted pictures of their childhood Pokémon card collection, which they discovered in their dad's attic twenty years later. From the pictures, this collection mostly consists of Japanese cards, however with some English language ones mixed in among some first copies of Spearow and Cubone.
The Most Expensive Pokémon TCG Card
Awarded to winners of a competition run by the Japanese magazine CoroCoro Comic, the 1998 Illustrator Pikachu is the most costly Pokémon TCG card now valued at $5,275,000.
Many other Redditors responded to The_Spear808's post to remark that their Pokémon Trading Card Game collections were in almost perfect shape and had also been kept in their attics for years, so it's worth mentioning that it's not necessarily the rooms the cards are kept in that cause problems. The best condition for perhaps valuable collections is in a cool, dry environment, however depending on where in the world players are located, these circumstances will vary. It is therefore always advisable to examine first before determining where to preserve such collections.
One Pokémon TCG Fan's Heartbreaking Discovery Should Act as a Warning to Collectors
The sad revelation of one fan acts as a caution to long-term Pokémon TCG collectors on exactly how they should handle their cards.
Images of their childhood Pokémon card collection—which they discovered in their dad's attic twenty years later— Redditor The_Spear808 posted. From the pictures, this collection mostly consists of Japanese cards, but with some English language ones mixed in among the first copies of Spearow and Cubone.
New Binder for the Pokémon Trading Card Game
Perfect reminder for those who played in the '90s, a new binder for the Pokémon Trading Card Game would complement the 151 set.
These cards are sadly all totally ruined, and several other Redditors claim that this looks like the outcome of high humidity Storage. Later on, The_Spear808 claimed to live on an island close to the equator, so supporting this idea. Luckily, The_Spear808 responded to JustGrowUp's remark that sentimental value is better than financial value with "Yes. She seemed to take the finding in high spirits. Turning over the devastation, I grinned broadly.
