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See the Pokémon cards that made a retired decorator a millionaire

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See the Pokémon cards that made a retired decorator a millionaire. (2026, October 22). BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cmvg9v932z5vo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

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A retired decorator from Woking sold a collection of Pokémon cards stored in his attic for 15 years at an auction, fetching £1.56 million. This sale was reported as the UK’s most valuable trading card auction by the auction house Ewbank's in Surrey. The seller discovered the value of his collection after reading about a single Pokémon card selling for over £6,000 in a local newspaper. BBC correspondent Duncan Kennedy visited the auction to view and report on the collection.

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Story summary

A retired decorator from Woking sold a collection of Pokémon cards stored in his attic for 15 years at an auction, fetching a total of £1.56 million. The seller discovered the value of the cards after reading about another card selling for over £6,000 in his local newspaper. The auction took place at Ewbank's in Surrey on Wednesday and was touted by the auction house as the UK's most valuable trading card sale ever. Duncan Kennedy from the BBC visited the auction to see the collection firsthand.

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1 of 5 hedged ("reportedly", "may", "according to")

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Topics

BBC Ewbank's Surrey Woking

Subjects

Ewbank's ORG · 2× BBC ORG · 1× Duncan Kennedy PERSON · 1× Surrey GPE · 1× Woking GPE · 1×

Narrative

See the Pokémon cards that made a retired decorator a millionaire A collection of Pokémon cards stored in a retired decorator's attic for 15 years has sold for £1.56m at auction.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-22

2026-10-22 · BBC News

See the Pokémon cards that made a retired decorator a millionaire · assertive framing

Claims (5 extracted, 1 hedged)

See the Pokémon cards that made a retired decorator a millionaire A collection of Pokémon cards stored in a retired decorator's attic for 15 years has sold for £1.56m at auction. asserted

collection → see → auction

The seller, from Woking, said he realised the cards were valuable after reading about a single card fetching more than £6,000 in his local newspaper. asserted

cards → say → newspaper

His collection was auctioned off at Ewbank's in Surrey on Wednesday. asserted

collection → auction → Wednesday

The auction house claims it was the UK's most valuable trading cards auction ever. uncertain

it → claim → ?

The BBC's Duncan Kennedy visited Ewbank's to see the collection in person. asserted

Kennedy → visit → person