Rare Pokémon card worth $4.75m as toy expert urges fans to check their attics

13 February 2024 , 16:32

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You gotta catch 'em all! One could be worth £4.75 million (Image: Bloomberg via Getty Images)

It can be hard to throw away childhood toys, with lots of stuff ending up in the loft. However, if you have any of the following items you might be delighted to discover you hung onto them as you could be sitting on a fortune.

TheToyZone has released the findings of its new study, which found many iconic '90s toys are now worth mega bucks, with the highest childhood treasure valued at £4.75 million ($6m). Discussing the effect the billion-dollar box office hit Barbie had on dolls, they revealed that the price of a vintage Barbie rose as demand soared. However, unless you had one of the uber-rare dolls like the £67,000 ($85k) De Beers-designed 40th Anniversary Barbie, most of the plastic ladies aren't worth much.

However, according to their findings, there is still money to be made, especially after Mattel announced a slew of classic toy-themed movies set to hit screens, from Barney to the Magic 8 Ball. Going deep into the treasure troves, TheToyZone has revealed some of the rarest and most valuable toys currently wanted that might be lurking under a bed, or in a forgotten box in the attic.

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Do you have any of the following?

• A £16,555 ($21,000) Mario Kart cartridge for the N64 is the most expensive vintage Nintendo game to be sold
• Logan Paul's £4.75m ($6m) Pikachu illustrator card is the most expensive '90s Pokemon card
• The most expensive '90s action figure sold for £7,883 ($10k) - despite the character, Scratch The Cat, appears only in the videogame of its parent franchise, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  
• The 1st edition Shadowless Base set Charizard is worth £331,113 ($420k) the second most expensive Pokemon card
  
• The 1996 Nintendo 64 original system is worth £4,447 ($5,651)
  

Some Nintendo games could be worth a fortune (TheToyZone)

While most old Barbie's only have sentimental value, a few are worth a fortune (TheToyZone)

It's not just Nintendo items that are worth big bucks (TheToyZone)

It's not just old toys that could be worth a fortune. One woman has revealed how delighted she was after purchasing a vibrant vase from Goodwill for just £3.15 ($3.99) and was left stunned when it fetched £84,355 ($107k) at auction.

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Jessica Vincent found the bottle-shaped vase with spiraling ribbons of color and thought it would be perfect for her home. Looking like an antique amid other odds and ends, she noticed the words "Murano" and "Italia" on its base. Kicking her curiosity into gear she snapped up the beautiful piece from a store outside Richmond, Virginia, for just $3.99.

Keep your eyes peeled for that Logan Paul card (TheToyZone)

Rare Pokemon card could be worth $6 million TheToyZone (TheToyZone)

The horse trainer admitted: "I bought it thinking it would look beautiful in my house somewhere. I definitely didn't buy it thinking, 'Oh, I'm going to sell this'." That mindset changed once she tried to dig in more about the artwork's origins. On December 13, the vase made a successful bid at the Wright Auction House for a whopping $107,100. The winning bidder, a leading collector from Europe, requested to stay anonymous.

Vincent, a big fan of PBS' Antiques Roadshow, has always had an eye for unique finds. She said: "I always felt like I had a good eye. But I'm really surprised that nobody picked it up before I did."

Eve Wagstaff