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A rare box of Pokémon cards, sealed but in a worn box, fetched £13,000 at auction, offering a chance for collectors to find valuable cards.
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Rare box of Pokémon cards goes under hammer for eye-watering £13,000

Chloe Cawood
Last updated: 2024/05/06 at 2:40 PM
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The rare box of Pokémon cards. (Picture: Jam Press)
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A rare box of Pokémon cards has gone under the hammer for an eye-watering £13,000.

It includes 30 booster packs of Pokémon’s TCG. Japanese Darkness and to Light (Neo Destiny) edition.

Although the packs are sealed, they come in a tatty cardboard box which was previously opened and dates back to 2001, according to What’s The Jam.

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The item expected to sell for up to £13,000.

This is because the sealed packs could include rare cards worth thousands of pounds.

A rare box of Pokémon cards, sealed but in a worn box, fetched £13,000 at auction, offering a chance for collectors to find valuable cards.
The rare box of Pokémon cards. (Picture: Jam Press)

The iconic trading card game was popular with school kids in the late nineties and early noughties.

A single pack typically sold for £2.50 at the time.

The box features the Tyranitar character, along with Japanese text.

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A rare box of Pokémon cards, sealed but in a worn box, fetched £13,000 at auction, offering a chance for collectors to find valuable cards.
The rare box of Pokémon cards. (Picture: Jam Press)

The bottom of the box reads: “For sale in Japan only.”

It is being sold at a trading card auction at Ewbanks, in Woking, Berkshire.

Other pricey items up for auction include a Pokémon 1st edition base set for £12,000.

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The set comes with nine character cards including rare Shadowless Charizard, Venusaur and Blastoise.

A rare box of Pokémon cards, sealed but in a worn box, fetched £13,000 at auction, offering a chance for collectors to find valuable cards.
A Pokémon 1st edition base set for £12,000. (Picture: Jam Press)

But the set includes the more popular red cheeks variant of Pikachu – one of the most coveted sets of all.

All cards come in English except the Raichu – which is in German – and the Arcanine character card, which comes in Dutch.

Another item up for auction is a 2002 first edition e-series sealed booster box, expected to rake in £12,000.

This box incudes 40 booster packs.

A rare box of Pokémon cards, sealed but in a worn box, fetched £13,000 at auction, offering a chance for collectors to find valuable cards.
A Pokémon 1st edition base set for £12,000. (Picture: Jam Press)

The box of Pokémon TCG. Japanese Town On No Map (Aquapolis) cards is so rare it has a starting bid of £5,000.

The auction is also selling single cards with hefty price tags.

The most expensive is a Pokémon TCG. Pikachu 20th Anniversary Festa Japanese Promo 279/XY-P Card.

A rare box of Pokémon cards, sealed but in a worn box, fetched £13,000 at auction, offering a chance for collectors to find valuable cards.
A Pokémon 1st edition base set for £12,000. (Picture: Jam Press)

The rare card is in mint condition and set to sell for £8,500.

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