![]() Wizards of the Coast is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games. ![]() These sold for £1,800 and demonstrate the rising interest in historical items relating the industry. Pokémon made the sale top 10 again thanks to lot 316, a collection of three uncut Pokémon Base Set printers’ sheets by Wizards of the Coast. Despite slight wear to the controller, it was snapped up. ![]() The 24-year-old controller had an embossed golden ‘N’ in the centre. The first N64 Gold controller came from the 1997 E3 held in Atlanta, Georgia. Its rarity was down to the fact it was given as a prize to winners of a four-player E3 1997 StarFox Tournament in America. A rare, gold-coloured Nintendo 64 controller, found in an unpaid storage locker, made £2,600. Then there was lot 318 – discovered in Derby. Prices may have been fuelled even more this year because of Pokémon25, an ongoing celebration to mark the 25th anniversary of the Pokémon franchise, which began with the original Japanese release of Pocket Monsters Red and Green for Game Boy on February 27, 1996.īearing all that in mind, it should come as no surprise that lot 317, a rare, boxed Nintendo Gameboy, Pokémon Red version, 1998, soared to £4,000. Wealthy young people in their 20s and 30s who got into Pokémon when they were children are buying rare cards and prices have spiked.įor example, a 26-year-old boxer and YouTuber called Logan Paul caught the media’s attention when he wore a rare first edition Base Set Charizard Pokémon card as a medallion round his neck at an exhibition fight. Pokémon trading cards are massively popular to buy and collect and have been rising in value for more than five years. However, he never imagined its value could be so enormous today. He knew the item was worth hanging on to when he bought it in the late 1990s. The Pokémon Base Set Booster Box, Charizard (Blue Wing), 1996-99, in original Wizards of the Coast cellophane, belonged to Geoff Brown, 64, a retired engineer from Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. ![]() At number one was a sealed box of Pokémon cards bought more than 20 years ago for £70 at Birmingham’s NEC. In our October 2021 Toy/Gaming Auction the top lots were all-gaming related items. Boxes of old games that used to fetch modest sums in general sales were suddenly sought after. This related to both retro games and equipment. We noted a huge increase in demand for gaming-related items during Hansons’ first online toy sale held as lockdown eased in May 2020. It’s estimated there are 2.69 billion gamers worldwide. That’s because there are so many potential buyers in a giant industry. Now the gaming community has joined this nostalgia-fuelled sector the impact is set to be huge. And an old Chopper bicycle can send vintage hearts soaring with delight. Toys bought for 99p in the late 1970s can now sell for hundreds of pounds. Each generation reaches an age where they look back, covert items that brought them joy – and have the cash to buy them. Toy-related items move with the times in the collectors’ market. Gaming is soaring to heady new heights in the auction industry and it’s fascinating to witness.
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