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” I wasnt really that interested in Pokémon. I was disappointed at the time because the collection was one of my birthday provides so to me it was waste of a present.”
Identifying they may be worth something one day, though, Brookes hung onto them, but it was only just recently– after his daughter offered to purchase them off him for ₤ 6 (USD$ 7.60)– that he decided to go and get them officially valued.
A 34-year-old father from England, who does not nor has ever liked Pokémon, still handled to get his hands on a total set of initial cards when he was a kid, and so is now offering them to somebody who can possibly appreciate them a little more.
Nigel Brookes was provided the set as a present from his mom, as gratitude for some excellent work he did looking after his little brother, who did like Pokémon and had actually gotten defrauded out of a few of his finest cards by some dubious regional kids
” I discovered the kids and got my brothers card back, so as a present, my mum brought me this rare collection direct from the Pokémon developers in the US for about ₤ 300″, Brookes told the Mirror.
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” Now I believe its time to get our cash worth and enjoy ourselves.”
And whaddya know, the complete 103-card 1st-gen set– which his mom paid ₤ 300 (USD$ 380) for at the time!– is now “estimated to bring in the region of a minimum of ₤ 25,000 and ₤ 35,000″ (USD$ 31,800-USD$ 44,500). Thats at least.
” My kids are maturing and I wish to be able to provide an actually unique childhood, with this money we can really set ourselves up for the future”, Brookes says of his decision to sell.
