Bidding has reached £4,800 in rare trading card discovery
Rare trading cards discovered stashed away in an unassuming binder are set to sell for thousands at auction as bidding has reached £4,800 on the items.
A binder of trading cards has caused a stir with bidding hitting £4,800 on items that were only estimated to sell for between £40 and £60.
The shock discovery of three incredibly rare trading cards hidden amongst the pages of a seemingly unassuming binder has grabbed the attention of collectors who are prepared to stump up considerable cash for the items at Vectis Auctions.
The Wizards of the Coast, a Collection of Magic The Gathering trading cards includes numerous early expansion sets that are presented in pocketed plastic sleeve pages within a green ring binder folder.
The collection includes cards from sets such as Legends, The Dark and Arabian Nights, featuring rare creatures, spells, artifacts and enchantments.
The lot contains cards such as The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale, Candelabra of Tawnos and Mishra's Workshop each with pictures in the lot gallery.
The items remain in good condition and the price could yet rise further as bidders continue to show an interest.
The news comes after a retired man in the UK became a millionaire when he sold a collection of Pokémon cards at auction last month.
The man from Woking said that he had no idea of the value of the cards until he read an article in his local newspaper detailing how a single card had sold for more than £6,000.
His collection was auctioned off at Ewbank's in Surrey for £1.56 million – with the auction house claiming it was the UK's most valuable trading cards auction ever and even suggesting that it could be a European record.
The man, who asked not to be identified, said: "I know people always talk about finding treasure in the attic, but in my case that is literally true.
"When my son was young, in the late 1990s, he started getting cards and swapping them at school.
"I thought they looked nice and wondered whether they might be a good investment.
"He had his own cards, but he never got to touch these, I'm glad to say."
Andrew Ewbank, who runs the auction house and conducted the sale of the cards, told bidders that he was "going for a lie down" following the sale.
He later said: "The build-up to this... has been phenomenal, and on the day it did not disappoint.
"We had bidders from all over the world.
"The buzz was incredible, especially because the collectors could not believe how good this collection was – extensive, untouched, complete, and with just about every rarity you could hope for."
