Interest in trading cards around the world has grown rapidly

Interest in trading cards around the world has grown rapidly in recent months. Their sales break historical records. The value of some sports cards has increased a thousandfold in a few years, and their current popularity has therefore attracted large investment players. The current boom in this hobby is mainly due to the covid-19 pandemic. People all over the world have spent far more time at home in recent months. They began to walk their lands or cellars in large numbers, where they discovered the original collections of collectible cards and returned to their often earlier hobby. Others, previously unfired to collect cards, also fell in love with this activity during the restrictions and lockdown, and spent the most money in history last year. The Bloomberg agency informed about it. In the USA, this hobby was popular mainly in the seventies and eighties of the last century. After several weaker years, the demand for collection began to grow slowly again around 2010. However, the coronavirus pandemic intensified this rising trend. "Every week, new and new customers come to my store. Especially the younger ones come here. They buy almost everything and it makes me really good money, "Bryan Theis, who sells the cards in his stone shop in Washington, USA, told The Washington Post. Card trading in the United States grew by 142 percent year on year. The NBA basketball league and its stars have long enjoyed the highest popularity. In April last year, a signed card from LeBron James from his rookie season in the NBA was sold for a record 5.2 million US dollars. Also, the card of baseball legend Mickey Mantle from the New York Yankees broke records when it sold for a similar amount. However, there is also a need for hockey and football players. For the picture of one of the most famous hockey players of all time, Wayne Gretzky, the applicant paid $ 1.29 million. In addition to collectibles from the sports environment, there is a growing interest in articles from the world of television programs. Demand is needed for those from the Pokémon series. According to an annual report from the eBay server, sales of cards from this game increased by 574 percent in a single year. Huge waves of collectors' interest in half-forgotten pieces were also noticed by the first large investors who want to invest their money in alternative investments in addition to stocks and bonds. In the United States, Blackstone Investment Group has acquired a majority stake in the Certified Collectibles Group. It evaluates the quality of collectibles and verifies their authenticity. The entire deal cost the Blackstone Group more than half a billion dollars.