Entertainment · Gaming · 16 hrs ago
Forgotten Pokémon Card Collection Sells for £1.56 Million
A retired decorator in Woking, Britain, sold his Pokémon card collection for £1.56 million.
He began collecting in the late 1990s after his son started swapping cards at school.
He bought complete sets, some of which remained unused and in excellent condition, but put the collection in the attic about 15 years ago.
A local news story about a valuable Pokémon card prompted him to look through the old collection.
Auction house Ewbank’s found several valuable sets, including a Legendary Collection set that sold for far more than its estimate.
The full collection brought in £1.56 million, making the auction house’s most successful sale in 30 years.
The outcome shows how much rare, well-kept Pokémon cards can be worth, and the collection has now been sold at auction.
A retired decorator from Woking sold his forgotten Pokémon card collection at auction for £1.56 million.
The cards had been stored in his attic for about 15 years.
He rediscovered them after reading a news story about a valuable Pokémon card.
He began collecting in the late 1990s after his son started swapping cards at school.
The collection included dozens of complete sets, some of which sold for far more than expected.
- Who
- An unnamed retired decorator from Woking, UK.
- What
- He sold his Pokémon card collection at auction for £1.56 million.
- When
- The auction was held on Wednesday; the articles were published on 22 October 2026.
- Where
- Ewbank’s auction house in Surrey, UK. The cards had been stored in an attic.
- Why
- He took the collection to auction after a local news story about a valuable Pokémon card prompted him to look for his cards.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The man began collecting Pokémon cards after his son started swapping them at school.
The cards were put away in the attic after interest in collecting faded.
A news story about a valuable Pokémon card prompted the man to rediscover his collection and take it to an auction house.
Ewbank’s auctioned the collection for £1.56 million.
- Sale price
- £1.56 million
- Seller
- Retired decorator from Woking, UK
- Auction house
- Ewbank’s, Surrey
- Collection history
- Stored in an attic for about 15 years
- Number of complete sets
- 42 according to NOS
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What people are saying
I know people always talk about finding treasure in the attic, but in my case that is literally true
I thought they looked nice
He had his own cards, but he never got to touch these, I'm glad to say