{"id":155718,"date":"2019-08-13T18:49:40","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T10:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1799762\/"},"modified":"2019-08-13T18:49:40","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T10:49:40","slug":"mint-condition-set-of-pokemon-cards-sold-for-107k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/08\/13\/mint-condition-set-of-pokemon-cards-sold-for-107k\/","title":{"rendered":"Mint-Condition Set of Pokemon Cards Sold For $107K"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A set of Pokemon cards just sold for more than $107,000 (via Goldin Auctions)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

A first-edition set of Pokemon trading cards has sold at auction for $107,000.<\/span><\/p>\n

The lucky winner outbid 12 others<\/a> for the mint-condition 103-card collection<\/a> published in 1999.<\/span><\/p>\n

From Alakazam to Weedle, the original gang’s all there; the lot also features 26 trainer and seven energy cards.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is seemingly no limit to what people will pay for a slice of nostalgia: A similarly conditioned complete set of Pokemon cards sold for nearly $100,000 in December 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n

And someone paid more than $26,000 for a prized #4 Charizard in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is still no word, meanwhile, on whether the New Yorker who forked over $60,000 for a Pokemon playing card that got lost in the mail has received their package.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Trainer No. 3 card\u2014given to the third-place finalist at a Japanese Pokemon tournament in 1999\u2014sold on eBay last year. But the parcel, insured for $50,000, never completed its journey. Some suspect it was stolen by a U.S. Postal Service employee.<\/span><\/p>\n

The buyer recently opened an investigation<\/a> into the matter, offering $1,000 to anyone who can help locate the precious card.<\/span><\/p>\n

Like the video game series before it, the Pokemon Trading Card Game (PTCG) followers players as they use various characters’ strengths and weaknesses to defeat opponents.<\/span><\/p>\n

A later expansion introduced cards compatible with the Nintendo e-Reader, manufactured for the Game Boy Advance console.<\/span><\/p>\n

As of May 2019, 84 different PTCG sets have been released in English.<\/span><\/p>\n

You don’t need to drop six figures on heirloom cardboard to get your Pokemon fix, though: <\/span>Pokemon Sword<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Shield<\/span><\/i> role-playing titles are set to hit Nintendo Switch<\/a> on Nov. 15.<\/span><\/p>\n

They are the first main-series games in the eighth generation of the Pocket Monster franchise, and the second to be released on a home console.<\/span><\/p>\n

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