LONDON, Oct 23 — A retired decorator from Woking has gone from painting walls to millionaire status after a stash of Pokémon cards forgotten in his attic sold for £1.56 million (RM8.56 million) at auction.
The man, who asked not to be named, had no idea the cards were worth anything until he read in his local newspaper about a single card fetching more than £6,000 (RM32,940), the BBC reported.
“I know people always talk about finding treasure in the attic, but in my case that is literally true,” he was quoted as saying.
He bought the cards in the late 1990s, when his son was swapping them at school, thinking they looked nice and might make a good investment, though the boy never got to touch them.
