Retired decorator's Pokémon cards sell for £1.5m
Bidders from around the world drove the sale past estimates as the pristine, complete collection became Ewbank's most successful in more than 30 years.
- On Wednesday, October 21, 2026, a retired Woking decorator sold his 41-set Pokémon card collection at Ewbank's auction house in Surrey for £1.56 million, marking the firm's most successful sale in over 30 years.
- After his son lost interest, the collector stored the cards in his attic for 15 years, seeking a valuation only after reading a local news report about a single Pokémon card fetching more than £6,000.
- Bidders worldwide competed for the pristine collection, with the Legendary Collection Complete Master Set fetching £100,000, while auctioneer Andrew Ewbank told the audience he was "going for a lie down" after the overwhelming bidding.
- With the sale proceeds, the decorator became a millionaire while retaining one complete set for himself; Ewbank's noted the result beat the previous record of £872,000 set on October 9 in London.
- Collectors in their 30s and 40s are driving market demand through nostalgia-fueled purchases, though prices remain far below records like American YouTuber Logan Paul's $16.5 million sale of a Pikachu Illustrator card earlier this year.
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