By Wang Kuan-jen and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerAn avid card collector has a message for parents: Do not throw away cards you find in your children’s rooms while cleaning, as they could be coveted rare collector cards.
An avid card collector has a message for parents: Do not throw away cards you find in your children’s rooms while cleaning, as they could be coveted rare collector cards.
Some cards that appear to be worthless are worth more than a luxury car, said Kai, chairman of trading-card retail chain Cat Footprints.
Citing an example, Kai said that a copy of the Black Lotus one of the nine rarest and most valuable Magic: The Gathering cards signed by the original artist sold at auction for US$500,000.
Magic, which is one of the most popular tabletop card games played worldwide,