Your parents told you they were a waste of money. Turns out, that childhood Charizard might actually cover your mortgage.

Somewhere in my basement, there’s a blue Trapper Keeper filled with approximately 400 (give or take 1,000) Pokémon cards, two crumpled pack wrappers and a perfectly preserved Fruit Roll-Up from 2007.

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A Pokémon card boom is fueling queues, sellouts and frenzy at retailers in Britain, the U.S. and beyond. The market is being driven by nostalgia, blockbuster card sales and speculation, with some ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Jessica Mendoza: Not long ago, a 27-year-old named Lucas Shaw went hunting for ...