While Pokémon’s fictional monsters can’t really blow fire or electrocute enemies, in the case of Caleb King, they do hold life-changing powers.
The junior at the University of North Georgia transformed his childhood passion into an investment for eventual medical school, purchasing a series of Pokémon cards as a teen and building on his interest founded as a six-year-old.
Right now, King said he has made $80,000 selling cards, after spending a mere $4,000 on the originals – most of which he purchased a few years ago.
King credits this year of isolation for the spike in value.
“People kind of want a distraction from everything that’s going on, and I think [Pokémon] is one of the ways people can,” King said.
What’s more remarkable is King has yet to play his highest value card.
He held up a first edition Red Cheeks Pikachu. “I’ve seen it sell for $20,000,” King said.
He laid out 21 Pokémon cards that he estimates will sell for upwards of $50,000, putting him that much closer to achieving his goal of becoming an orthopedic surgeon.
Awesome Taken the initiative for his own destiny fortune and prosperity give that man a job
If only moms weren’t so eager to “tidy up” and throw our stuff away while we’re not looking, we’d have a lot more cool stuff worth $$.
first off – thousands for freaking Pokemon cards LMAO –
second – good for him.
Glad he found someone who pay that.