Listen...... i do not get card collecting on any level .....i guess it is for married men ....... or people....with no life....... at all .......i simply do not get cards at all ........its a card !!!!! ...same with all collectible's........ i guess .......... wants and desires ......it's only worth........ what a collector wil pay!!!!!! ....i do not get the intrinsic value of a piece of card board ....... ......all the baseball sport card collector i ever met ....... were off kilter in a way .......a little anti social to say the least ......you know they converse in baseball card collectors language ..........like record collectors....... and antique collectors ....... they have those cliques ......they gather in little cliques.......... i sell vinyl records at flea markets .....however i do not get the pokeman jap shit ......... apparently some jap fictitious shit ....... or other .......still money...... is money...... and it get it is a business ...... of sorts ..... oh well!!!!! .....well there will always be somone to spend money...... for what i call....... dust collectors ....... like paintings ....... i do not get art i thik that is money laundering ........ but hey !!!!!!...... what the fuck !!!!...... do i know .......... i am just a vanilla guerilla ........ trying to get a free lap dance ! ..........
Pokémon heists point to high demand for collectible cards
Thieves carrying out high-stakes heists have recently targeted a highly valued item that's not cash or jewelry: Pokémon cards, highlighting what appears to be an ever-growing demand for merchandise from the popular childhood card game.
On Monday, April 20, Elite Sports Cards in Chicago was broken into in a smash-and-grab heist resulting in the loss of $100,000 of merchandise, Ronnie Holloway, the owner of the sports card shop told ABC Chicago station WLS-TV.
The Chicago incident is just the latest in a string of heists resulting in the theft of the popular playing cards, which hit the market for the first time in 1999 followed by decades of fanfare.
Just three weeks ago, Vancouver Police reported five incidents involving a man allegedly robbing people after arranging to meet with him, to sell the suspect Pokémon cards. Authorities said they have arrested a suspect in the case.
In Anaheim, California, three suspects are accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars worth of Pokémon cards from a collectibles store in February, according to Los Angeles ABC station KABC-TV.
A popular Pokémon card shop in New York City reported an armed robbery, sharing details on social media earlier this year.
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"We had a trio of armed robbers lock 40+ people in the store, point guns in faces, and smash and grab merchandise," wrote the shop on Instagram, along with videos of the incident.
A spokesperson for the New York Police Department confirmed the incident to ABC News, and noted the thieves took merchandise and cash.
According to the New York Times, items totaling over $110,000 were taken in the January incident. ABC News has reached out to the store for additional details.
Jared Mast, president of Mast Wealth Management Group, which deals in alternative investments including collectibles like Pokémon cards, told ABC News the value of Pokémon cards has risen sharply over the past year.
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