More than $113,000 of rare Pokémon cards stolen in Massachusetts break-in | Massachusetts
According to the owners of the store, more than $ 113,000 rare Pokémon cards were stolen from a Massachusetts shop.
On Tuesday, civil servants responded to a participation reported in the 1st printing collection, a trade card shop in Massachusetts, New Bedford. The entrance was reported to be around 2.30, and the thief rang five to seven rare cards and a handful of Pokémon card, including several vintage boxes.
Some of the stolen cards are BGS 8.5 Skyridge Crystal Charizard and BGS 7.5 1. Print Shadowless Blastoise, among the owners of the store in question On a Facebook post.
A screen -to -one of the stores surveillance images, which are broadcasted online, showed up on a large glass screen bag, showed an individual hood and masquerade. In total, the thief rang $ 113,650 a trade card, NBC Boston reports.
No arrest was made as of Friday morning.
After the robbery, the store owners “reflecting, re -grouping, renewing and returning to better return to the shop for a week. written “It is really important to see that they appreciate the community support we receive and come together to spread awareness and pay attention to stolen elements”.
Felipe Andre, one of the owners of the store, told NBC Boston: iz We are literally three men… This is our passion. This is what we love as a child. ”
“In fact, he entered the back courtyard of our building, smashed the window on the back door of the lobby, and then smashed the back window of our door” Andre to add NBC 10.
“He went in, he knew exactly the items he bought. We don’t exhibit pricing in the store. So, the value of cards is a market like something worthy of what people want to pay for them. So, all similar or the same class typically auction or registered sales.
Andre continued: “All of these are no longer printed sets from 2000 to 2006. One of them is considered to be the ‘crown jewel of Pokémon… The first printing -based set Charizard.”
Despite his robbery, Andre said it was a way to watch the cards.
“When you send a card to rating, no matter which rating service, they will display each card, so we have the photos of the cards on our Instagram and Facebook with the photos of the cards… So they are all served, so if someone sees this certificate number, they know exactly where they come from and who belongs to. said NBC 10.
Last year, the thieves in San Jose, California entered a trade card store and rang more than 35,000 Pokémon cards.
