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1st edition Charizard Pokemon card sells for $300,000 at auction – 7NEWS.com.au
There could be a small fortune tucked away in your old Pokemon cards.
A Pokémon card described by collectors as the Holy Grail has sold at auction for an eye-watering sum.
The shiny Charizard card on Friday sold to an anonymous bidder for more than AUD$300,000.
It was hosted on online bartering space Iconic Auctions – with a starting bid of US$40,000.
Seventeen bids later, it sold for a grand total of AU$305,099.61.
But what is that makes this card so valuable?
A file image of Pokemon trading cards. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
As Iconic Auctions exp…
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