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Chris Chen, 29, estimates his life s collection of about 150,000 Pokémon cards could be worth a seven-figure sum. He has never stopped collecting since he started at the age of 9. Chen rents at the moment, but plans to sell off about $100,000 worth of cards in a year or two to add to a house deposit.
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Christchurch man Chris Chen has an extensive collection of Pokémon cards. Committed collectors like him are active in closed trading and collecting groups on Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter. Some groups are more exclusive than others. “The reason I m not selling them off now is because I believe their value is yet to peak,” he said. “But for me, collecting is a passion first, and became an investment on accident. I won t be too fussed if they lose monetary value.”
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