Read previewThe COVID pandemic was an unprecedented boom for the Pokémon card business.
Few can forget the $3.5 million YouTuber-boxer Logan Paul blew on a pack of Pokémon cards that turned out to be GI Joe collectibles.
He estimated that last year, PSA graded at least 6 million Pokémon trading cards out of the total 14 million it processed.
It's made a lifetime total of more than 64.8 billion Pokémon cards since 1999, and production has been accelerating rapidly since the pandemic.
Most customers wait a maximum of two months for their graded card, which returns with a rating between 1 and 10.
Persons:
—, Logan Paul, It's, Ryan Hoge, Hoge, Pokémon, John Keeble, Jens Ishoey Prehn's, IDA MARIE ODGAARD, Ritzau Scanpix, Yu
Organizations:
Service, Sports, Business, Nintendo, Getty, PSA, IDA
Locations:
London, Niva, Denmark, AFP, Japan, California, Tokyo, California , New Jersey