The trading-card boom is back, and Gen Z is buying like crazy on eBay

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The author is investing in Pokémon cards.

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Millennials are fueling a Pokémon renaissance and moving mad money in an industry where baseball cards used to reign supreme, says the honcho of collectibles grading

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Pokémon fans display cards and products at the dedicated trade area during the 2023 Pokémon World Championships in Yokohama on August 11, 2023.
Pokémon fans display cards and products at the dedicated trade area during the 2023 Pokémon World Championships in Yokohama on August 11, 2023.

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Japan's yakuza — once powerful organized crime figures — are reduced to stealing Pokémon cards

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A deck of Pokémon trading cards, seen in London in August 2022.
A deck of Pokémon trading cards.

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Whiskey, Rolexes, and trading cards are in a spiraling crash as "the bubbles have popped" in collectibles

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1914 Baltimore News baseball card featuring a 19-year-old Babe Ruth in his rookie year
Brian Dwyer of Robert Edward Auctions shows a 1914 Baltimore News baseball card featuring a 19-year-old Babe Ruth in his rookie year in Chester, New Jersey, on Monday, November 20, 2023.

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Some airline pilots carry plane trading cards — here's how to get one

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An airline pilot holding the trading cards next to a picture of another pilot holding an E175 trading card.
Delta Air Lines pilots have aircraft trading cards to hand out to passengers who ask.

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