Real-Life Team Rocket Strikes: $35,000 Worth of Pokémon Cards Stolen
The High Value of Trading Card Games and Recent Theft Incidents Card games are serious business—with a massive heist gone wrong at Gencon and an entire art gallery event ruined by hungry scalpers forming just part of the hobby’s high-stakes controversies last year. These things are worth a lot of money—and where there’s money, there’s […]
Van Gogh Museum’s Pokémon Event Marred by Scalping and Staff Misconduct
Introduction to the Van Gogh Museum and Pokémon Collaboration The Van Gogh museum, in a unique collaboration with the Pokémon Company, launched an event to celebrate the museum’s 50th anniversary. This event featured a ‘limited-edition Pokémon card’ that quickly became the center of attention, leading to unforeseen chaos and scalper issues. The intersection of art […]