Due to a variety of different factors, classic cards from thePokemon Trading Card Gamehave been rising in price. Card collecting has seen recent rise a popularity and many Pokemon fans have been purchasing cards hoping they will be worth something in the future. Some collectors who have been holding onto rarePokemoncards for years are now making videos of box openings and showing off rare cards with six figure values. Even content creators not normally associated withPokemonhave dipped their toes into thePokemon TCGmarket, withYouTuber Logan Paul opening 1st Edition Booster Boxeson his Impaulsive podcast.
With all the hype surrounding thesale of expensivePokemoncardsin the last several months, fans and newcomers to thePokemon TCGare looking for ways to potentially make a profit with card collecting. But in a market where the most sought after cards and memorabilia are sometimes over $300,000, not everyone has the money to get in the game. However, an investment app called Otis has recognized the recent boom inPokemoncard popularity and is now offering fans the chance to purchase card shares at much more affordable prices.
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Otis works through purchasing a wide variety of cultural assets like trading cards, sports memorabilia, and art, and then breaks those individual assets up into shares for investors to buy. It’s a little bit like a mini-stock market that allows investors to buy and sell 24/7, with new cultural assets added to the site every week. Otis even has a magazine section on their website with articles explaining current collection trends, and one piece is dedicated to thePokemon TCG.
Aspiring investors can purchase shares in classicPokemoncards for as low as $10. An upcoming featured asset on Otis will be a 1999 1st Edition Holographic Base Set Blastoise card, and shares will be $10 a piece. On the trading market right now is a 1999 1st Edition Shadowless Holographic Mewtwo, also $10 a share. Gamers interested in other memorabilia besidesPokemoncards can expect another classic piece of gaming history to hit the market tomorrow; a 9.8 grade A+ sealed2001 original copy ofHalo: Combat Evolvedcan be invested in for the usual $10 a share.
Besides buying and trading shares, investors can make money from Otis if the company sells one of the assets a person has invested in. Otis investors have an indirect ownership of any assets they’ve bought shares for, and if the market price rises for a particular asset, so does an investor’s share. It’s all a little complicated but at least in this format buyers don’t have to compete with all thePokemontrading card scalpers. Otis LLC owns each physical asset which investors can actually look at in person at a gallery space in New York City.
Pokemon TCGcards can be purchased from select retailers and local game stores.
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