#collectibles-market
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months agoToy touts, random spins and frantic bidding: the murky side of live auction site Whatnot
Got any cheap Mew? asks one buyer, deploying the frantic tone of an addict, albeit one craving a rectangle depicting a creature from the all-conquering Japanese media franchise. Yet more buyers are gathering for a break a session in which they can bid for merchandise such as cards featuring Pokemon or elite footballers, drawn at random from a real or virtual box.
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3 months agoKids can't buy them anywhere': how Pokemon cards became a stock market for millennials
It's now almost impossible to get your hands on newly released cards thanks to an insane rise in reselling and scalping over the past year. Selling on your old cards to collectors has always been part of the hobby, and like baseball cards or Magic: The Gathering, Pokemon cards can sometimes go for thousands of pounds. However, the resale market for Pokemon has climbed so high that even new cards are valued at hundreds, before they've even been released.
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fromDistrict on Deck
4 months agoHere's why you should invest in James Wood's baseball cards before it's too late
Baseball cards evolved from tobacco-era picture cards into a multibillion-dollar hobby featuring high-value chase cards and valuable rookie 1/1 superfractor autographs.
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