POKÉMON JACKPOT: Retired Decorator's Attic Cards Sell for £1.5M...

A retired decorator from Woking discovered his attic held £1.56 million worth of Pokémon trading cards—a collection he'd bought as an investment in the late 1990s after his young son showed interest in the franchise. He stumbled onto their value only after reading about a single card selling for over £6,000 and decided to have the 42 sealed sets professionally appraised. At auction this week, individual sets that cost him hundreds of pounds fetched tens of thousands, with a Legendary Collection Master Set selling for £100,000—making it the UK's most valuable trading card auction on record and revealing how nostalgia-driven demand from adults who grew up with Pokémon has transformed childhood hobbies into serious collector investments.