Was going to put this in the Entertainment forum but I know there are some sports card collectors on CP so I thought it would be relevant to a broader discussion.
Basically, an unopened case of Pokémon “first edition” cards that was authenticated by a company called BBCE (Baseball Card Exchange) was purchased for $3.5M awhile back. However, there were apparently questions raised about the authenticity of the case, which eventually prompted the buyer (Logan Paul) to open it.
It turns out the case was fake, and was filled with (essentially worthless) GI Joe trading cards (lol) instead:
Apparently Paul got his $3.5M back, but the previous transactions are likely going to end up in the courts:
https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/lo...funds-scandal/
As someone who collected sports cards as a kid, and watched it explode in 2020 following the pandemic, I think it’s fascinating that people were duped to this magnitude. People have too much money it seems…