Man Shocked to Discover His Pokémon Card Collection is Now Worth $5,000

nnA woman was left stunned when she discovered that her husband was sitting on a small fortune thanks to his childhood Pokémon card collection.nnBecause Madeline Brice and her husband Juan Pardo are each one year either side of 30, it means they were born bang in the middle of the emergence of Pokémon in the US, which took the toy and video game market by storm and never let up.nnPardo began collecting Pokémon cards at the age of five after becoming obsessed with the Pokémon television show that arrived on these shores along with the cards. He owns 1,500 and has preserved them safely in laminated card collection sleeves.nnFinding an app that allowed him to scan each card and see its value across collectible markets, Pardo was shocked to see that many were worth triple-digit sums. After scanning the first 670 cards, the reported value was above $2k.nnMany of the cards were bought by Pardo’s mom after he had stopped collecting them in the lead-up to attending university. His mom kept going for old time’s sake.nn“It’s my collection but it’s mainly her thing,” he admitted to the British news agency SWNS. “I was totally shocked when I realized how much they’re worth.”nnALSO CHECK OUT: Mom Bought Rare Steiff Teddy Bear at Yard Sale That’s Set to be Sold For $6,000nnHe estimated his entire ungraded collection could sell for between $4k and $5k.nn”I thought it’d only be a few hundred dollars,” he said.nnSIMILAR STORIES: American Dolls Covered in Crystals Raise Nearly a Million at Auction For Children of First RespondersnnJuan’s most valuable card is a Reverse Holo Charmander currently valued at $229.nnThough the collection could fetch a decent sum, Pardo has no plans to sell his childhood treasure anytime soon, not least because another 20 years in storage might see the value go up even further.nnSHARE This Man’s Fortune With Anyone You Know Who Might Have Some Cards…