At the stores, comic book cards are what they're talking about.
Yep. I have some in storage from the early 90's. I'm sure I've got a few worth a few bucks, but I collected those as a kid, so they aren't going anywhere.
Places like Target and Walmart have had to put out various signs limiting the number of items that can be purchased, directing customers that purchases for cards can only be made at customer service, or cards will only be sold at a specific hour. All sorts of crazy stuff. Guys waiting in line at 5 or 6 am, 20 or 30 people deep, going from one store to the other so that they can try to get a $20 blaster box that they can then turn around and flip on eBay for $60, $80, $100. I'm not joking about those prices, either. The card market has gone absolutely, batshirt crazy.
I got a good laugh out of seeing the Flagsmasher origin listed for $100 "Buy it now" with an auction at $41. It's a terrible run that the MCU will turn to gold.
I think about how my ex's daughter had Pokemon cards strewn everywhere throughout the house. 1st gen gold foil cards everywhere.
And out of no where, it will crash again.
I've got a binder full of those 90s Marvel trading cards in storage somewhere. I remember when I was packing to move back to NOLA and looking through them thinking they'll never be worth anything again. Maybe I should cash in while the market is hot.
I'm pretty sure I might have some. There were a few cards that I was able to sell back to my LSC back then for a decent profit(well, not really, since I just turned around and spent the money on comics in their store), but I only unloaded the ones for which I had duplicates.
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