Trading Warfare: Why Trading Cards Have Disappeared From Retail Shelves

With values soaring to the moon, card collectors are starting to get violent

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In December 2020, a rare Charizard Pokémon card sold for $360,000. Early in 2021, a Michael Jordan rookie card sold for $215,000. Weeks later, the same card sold for $738,000.