Gotta catch 'em all: Pandemic sends prices soaring for Pokemon cards


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A Pokemon trading cards first edition base set is seen in an undated photo. Photo: Heritage Auctions/Handout via Reuters

Pokemon is all grown up, and so are its prices.

Two decades after the Japanese trading card game became the biggest thing in schoolyards around the world, Pokemon cards are fetching six figures at auction in a boom that appears to have been fueled by coronavirus pandemic lockdowns.

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