For some they are just nice pictures, others see them as an investment. Regardless of whether it’s a game or sport, Pokémon or basketball, trading card trading is a mega business. Individual pieces are worth several million euros in top condition. Krone+ shows how you too can turn palm-sized cardboard boxes into cash.
The memories are burned into it. To the nice saleswoman who pushed the packets over the counter of the tobacconist’s shop every few days, smiling. Of the anticipation you felt when you opened the shiny plastic. About the fun you had showing off and exchanging new jewelry during the school holidays. Of the satisfaction of going through your folder every evening, rearranging, tending and tending to the contents.
Source: Krone

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