# Forgotten Pokémon Card Collection Goes for $2 Million

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/forgotten-pokemon-card-collection-goes-for-2-million/
- Published: 2026-10-22T17:55:55+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-22T18:31:30+00:00
- Original publisher: Polygon
- Original article: https://www.polygon.com/pokemon-card-forgotten-collection-millionaire-auction/
- Topics: UK

## Key points

- A forgotten Pokémon collection sold for £1.56 million.
- A £300 set later fetched £75,000.
- The top lot sold for £100,000.

## Summary

A retired former decorator from Woking has sold a Pokémon card collection he had stored in his attic for £1.56 million, around $2 million. The sale shows how valuable rare, well-preserved cards have become as interest in Pokémon collecting continues to grow.

He began buying sets in the late 1990s, partly as a possible investment, and kept them separate from his son’s cards. One set bought for £300 later sold for £75,000, while the auction’s top lot, a complete Legendary Collection Master Set, fetched £100,000. Ewbank’s Auctions said the collection was extensive, complete and in mint condition, and described the sale as the most valuable trading card auction ever held in the UK.

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