вЂњPublicity is always something that can drum up momentum and price,вЂќ said Eugene Smith, a 24-year-old card collector and investor from Tampa, Florida, who also happens to work in finance.Д¬ontroversial YouTuber Logan Paul has spent almost $300,000 (although he claims heвЂ™s reached his breaking point and is done buying them), while the rapper Logic dropped $226,000 on a rare 1st edition Charizard. That, in turn, has encouraged others to snap up cards in hopes that theyвЂ™ll be able to turn a profit. YouTube stars, celebrities and investors have dropped big bucks on cards, which has contributed to the frenzy and helped push up their value. According to eBay, there were 60% more Pokemon card sales on its platform in September compared to January of this year. On Thursday, a sealed box of PokГ©mon booster packs sold for a record $360,000 through Heritage Auctions, while a similar set sold for $198,000 only two months ago. PokГ©mon card sales and prices have skyrocketed this year, with some cards selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Foley said that only a year ago, it might have been worth around $250-$300 - roughly half the price. Now, he thought, heвЂ™d never be able to get the card. вЂњAnd as soon as I did that, I think everybody else did, because it went from $375 all the way up to, like $550,вЂќ he said. When the 1-minute countdown began, he entered in his max bid of $425. вЂњIвЂ™m just watching it throughout the day,вЂќ Foley recounted. The card, which started off at $100, began to steadily increase. He was attempting to win it at the end of an auction, one of the most adrenaline-inducing parts of bidding. It was a rainbow Vmax card featuring Charizard, one of the most popular PokГ©mon. About two weeks ago, 34-year-old Oregon resident Kalvin Foley wanted to buy a rare PokГ©mon card on eBay.

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