He Had One of the Rarest Trading Cards in the World. But Selling It Was Far From Easy.

It’s every collector’s dream to pull the biggest chase card from a newly released set. However, it does come with some baggage. Not the low-value base cards that pile up, forming miniature skyscrapers on your desk that you continuously fight the urge to throw in the trash. Instead, it’s the decision you have to make after your hands stop shaking. Do you hold it for eternity and hope it goes up in value over time? Do you sell it and buy a new car? Or do you trade it for something that was once unobtainable for your personal collection?

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“I knew it was something special,” recalls Luke Wilkins, a 30-year-old

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