DALLAS, Texas (March 6, 2019) - Important Pokemon and Magic: The Gathering cards and sets sold for nearly $300,000 at auction recently, after bidding wars blew away all expectations when they crossed the block at Heritage Auctions. A total of 37 lots were on offer and MTG cards claimed nine of the top prices. However, a bidding war broke out for a Pokemon First Edition Base Set Sealed Booster Box (Wizards of the Coast, 1999), which pushed the sale price to $78,000, the sale's most expensive role-playing game item.

The auction offered 12 Pokemon lots and 25 MTG lots, which sold for a combined $294,858 in Heritage Auctions' Comics und Comic Art Auction Feb. 21-23. Bidders were determined to own the Pokemon First Edition Base Set, containing 36 unopened packs, each with 11 cards, and paid $28,000 more than the set's $50,000 pre-auction estimate. "The demand for this set was very high, because it is from the first edition from the first set," Heritage Auctions Vice President Lon Allen said. "Adding to the intrigue is the mystery about which cards are in each pack, because each pack inside the set is unopened.

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