Pokémon, One Piece: Card Collectors Face the Speculation of the "Scalpeurs"

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The cards to collect are so successful that speculators run on them to hope to sell them at gold prices. A practice denounced by the collector community.

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If the phenomenon is not specific to the cards to be collected (TCG), they lend themselves well as a "very sought-after product" with "limited quantities" but which still remains widely accessible, says Laurent Seror, manager of the Parisian shop of TCG Atmos Arena. Pokémon cards concentrate 66% of the sales of the last three months, far ahead of One Piece (14%) and the remaining licenses (Magic, Lorcana...). Like many lovers of Pokémon, Luigi (…

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Out of stock, high online prices: the massive purchase of cards to play by speculators who sell them at a price of gold makes collectors angry, wind up against this so-called "scalping" practice. The phenomenon of "scalping" is not unique to the cards to collect (TCG), but they lend it well as a ...