(S11) - PT 4 - Card Collecting

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Jaylon Broxton has a bit of a weird hobby, particularly for an athlete. He still, to this day, collects Pokemon cards. He developed the hobby at a young age when he started getting booster packs and even boxes as birthday and Christmas gifts. Although most people from his generation view Pokemon with more of a sense of nostalgia these days, Broxton steadfastly collects the cards, buying packs upon packs of cards with each new set they release. His persistence stems from a childhood friend who convinced Broxton that the cards would be worth thousands some day in the future. Although that never materialized, the practice became a hobby for Broxton. The wealth he's accumulated as a professional football player has made collecting easier and the amount of packs he has bought is hard to imagine, but he also works to be responsible with his money, limiting his collecting capacity ever so slightly. Even he is still missing a few cards, hesitant to spend the four figure asking price for a Charizard from the original set. The most exciting part of Broxton's collection is his set of Pikachu cards. Pikachu became the face of Pokemon because of the anime, and as such there are over 70 different versions that exist. Broxton has nearly every version ever printed, including the Pikachu Illustrator card, valued at over $100,000 by serious collectors as only a handful exist in circulation.

SHL: Paq