Pokémon cards spiked 20% in value over the past few months. Here’s why

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Pokémon cards spiked 20% in value over the past few months. Here’s why

It might sound a little silly that there’s an entire subgenre of influencers who offer investment advice around Pokémon trading cards. Probably because it is a little silly. The idea of some YouTube Jim Cramer breathlessly warning viewers that “Surging Sparks is setting a fire under collectors and investors” is the stuff Saturday Night Live sketches are made of. Yet, there’s nothing silly about the amount of money changing hands in the Pokémon c…

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Since 1999, players can not only collect Pokémon in virtual life, but also in real. At least as a card form, because this year the first boosters of the collectible card game appeared. Those who bought several boosters for around 5 D-Mark per pack at that time could live a good life as a millionaire today. After over 25 years, some of the Pokémon cards that occurred in the very first boosters are worth a fortune. They regularly earn top prices a…