Gotta Collect ’Em All: Pokémon Cards Heading to Auction

Dig out the binder. Check the loft. Somewhere, someone may be sitting on a Pokémon collection worth considerably more than they paid for it.

For anyone who grew up trading Pokémon cards, hunting for the rarest pulls or carefully deciding which cards were “far too good to actually play with”, this auction could bring back a few memories.

A fascinating private collection is heading to auction, featuring sealed booster boxes, packs and tins spanning multiple Pokémon eras. Collected over time and, in many cases, kept factory sealed, many of the lots are now estimated to be worth hundreds, and in some cases, thousands of pounds.

The Big Pulls

Among the headline lots are Pokémon XY Evolutions booster boxes, with individual boxes estimated to sell for up to £2,000:

LOT 34: PRIMAL CLASH FACTORY-SEALED BOOSTER BOX

Pokémon XY era, containing thirty-six packs

£1,500-2,000

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LOT 35: PRIMAL CLASH FACTORY-SEALED BOOSTER BOX

Pokémon XY era, containing thirty-six packs

£1,500-2,000

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The Sword & Shield era is well represented too, including sealed Brilliant Stars booster boxes estimated at £600–£800, alongside Silver Tempest, Chilling Reign, Darkness Ablaze and Vivid Voltage.

LOT 27: TWO BRILLIANT STARS FACTORY-SEALED BOOSTER BOXES

Pokémon Sword & Shield era, each box containing thirty-six packs

£600-800

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LOT 25: CHILLING REIGN & DARKNESS ABLAZE BOOSTER BOXES

Pokémon Sword & Shield era, two boxes, each containing thirty-six packs

£400-600

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Then there’s Sun & Moon, with sealed Unbroken Bonds and Celestial Storm booster boxes each estimated at £800–£1,000.

LOT 39: UNBROKEN BONDS FACTORY-SEALED BOOSTER BOX

Pokémon Sun & Moon era, containing thirty-six packs

£800-1,000

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LOT 43: CELESTIAL STORM FACTORY-SEALED BOOSTER BOX

Pokémon Sun & Moon era, containing thirty-six packs

£800-1,000

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And for a hit of nostalgia, one lot brings together around 70 Holo Cards from classic sets including Jungle, Fossil and Wizards of the Coast Gym Heroes, estimated at £200–£300.

LOT 55: POKÉMON HOLO CARDS

Collection of seventy cards from numerous early sets, including Jungle, Fossil, Base Set 2, Wizards of the Coast Gym Heroes, some Japanese cards

£200-300

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The ultimate “I knew I should have kept those…”

For anyone who remembers trading cards with friends, hunting for the next addition to a binder or desperately trying to resist opening a fresh booster pack, this auction offers an exciting glimpse at what happens when “I’ll keep that one” turns into a collection years later.

The Pokémon Cards Timed Auction is now available to view online, with bidding starting at 12:00pm BST on Monday 14 September and closing at 8:00pm BST on Sunday 20 September.

Whether you’re a seasoned collector, or simply wondering what your old Pokémon obsession might be worth today, this is one auction worth looking at.

About Timed Auctions

In a timed auction, there is no auctioneer taking bids from a live audience in a room. Instead, bids can be placed online, on each lot for a defined period of time. Once the time-period expires, the bidder who has submitted the highest bid wins the lot, provided the bid exceeds the reserve price.

Bidding on lots will close sequentially: Lot 1 will close at 8:00pm, Lot 2 at 8:01pm, Lot 3 at 8:02pm, and so on.

Max Bids

As a bidder, you can enter a max bid – the most you are willing to bid, and the computer does the rest. It will bid intelligently for you, only enough to meet the reserve or stay in the lead. It won’t share your maximum bid with the seller, other bidders, or anyone else for that matter.

End-time extension

If a bid is placed in the final few minutes of the auction, the end-time will be extended to protect against ‘sniping’ – the practice of bidders placing bids in the last few seconds preventing other bidders responding.

Outbid notifications

You’ll see your ‘current bid’ when you log in and view the lot (often it will be less than your ‘maximum bid’). If someone bids higher than your maximum, we will send you an ‘outbid alert’ via email to let you know, so you can decide whether or not to bid more.