Sealed Pokémon Base Set Booster Box marks game s 25th anniversary at Heritage Auctions
Pokémon First Edition Base Set Sealed Booster Box (Wizards of the Coast, 1999).
DALLAS, TX
.- A rare Pokémon First Edition Base Set Sealed Booster Box (Wizards of the Coast, 1999) could bring $400,000 or more in Heritage Auctions Trading Month-Long Online Auction.
Bidding is open now for on HA.com for the event, which closes March 25 and coincides with the 25th anniversary of Pokémon, which is Feb. 27. The auction includes 159 Pokémon lots.
The popularity of Pokémon is global, said Jesus Garcia, Heritage Auctions Consignment Director for Trading Cards. Levis is releasing a line of Pokémon-themed clothing, there is going to be a virtual concert with Post Malone, and Katy Perry has signed on to do a song on a project with the Pokémon Company.
It turns out playing with your Pokémon cards was a big mistake.
January 22, 2021
One of the first English-language Pokémon cards ever produced, a Blastoise foil card with a blank back, has sold for $360,000 at Heritage Auctions, Dallas. Photo courtesy of Heritage Auctions, Dallas.
Did your mother make you throw out your old Pokémon cards? Now you have an opportunity to show her that they really
could have been worth a lot of money one day. An unopened first edition set of Pokémon cards just fetched a world record $408,000 at the “Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction” sale at Heritage Auctions in Dallas.