Pokémon at 30: Multimillion-dollar cards and spiking demand. Here’s why you’ve still gotta catch ‘em all | CNN

Pokémon at 30: Multimillion-dollar cards and spiking demand. Here’s why you’ve still gotta catch ‘em all | CNN

Trading cards have been key to making the Pokémon franchise a global giant. As the cards continue to make collectors of kids and adults alike, their skyrocketing value is also drawing in speculators and thieves.

In a blur of tiny hands, the deadlock of an illicit deal brokered over a nail-biting one-hour lunch period is finally broken. As one party hurriedly caches his acquisition underneath the sandwich in … [+12458 chars]
Pokémon at 30: Multimillion-dollar cards and spiking demand. Here’s why you’ve still gotta catch ‘em all | CNN - FHMnews