$3 Million Pokémon Collection Amassed by the Late Bart Kiser Offered in Heritage Auctions’ Inaugural Trading Card Games Auction July 24-25
The Rad Dad Collection will debut in Heritage Auctions’ Trading Card Games Signature Auction, July 24-25 on HA.com
I see now that the circumstances of one’s birth are irrelevant; it is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are, Mewtwo
If you are on the hunt for Pokémon cards than you the opportunity to grab a card from the Bart Kiser collection that has been part of his children’s imagination since Christmas morning 1999. That was the year the ‘Rad Dad’gave the ultimate gift to his children and wife sharing his love of Pokémon that he had collected for decades. Kiser passed away in 2018 but his family has kept the collection safe but have decided to auction his ‘pocket monsters’ with Heritage Auctions. I am sure bidding will be fast to become the world’s greatest Pokémon Master!
Highlights from the Rad Dad Collection offered at auction includes:
Sealed box sets such as a Pokémon Japanese Base Set Sealed Booster Box (Media Factory, 1996) released only in Japan (est. $40,000). These boxes were released in Japan on Oct. 20, 1996, which was a little over two years before the English version. English versions of these boxes came with 36 card packs but Japanese versions came with 60 packs.
A Pokémon Unlimited Edition Base Set Booster Box (Wizards of the Coast) remains sealed since 1999, the year the set was released (est. $20,000). It includes 36 booster packs, each with 11 cards, for a total of 396 cards. The cards have never been touched and they are all likely gem mint condition.
Bart Kiser obtained a rare Pokémon First Edition Jungle Set Sealed Booster Box (Wizards of the Coast, 1999) (est. $15,000). This was the second set of the mega-popular Pokémon Trading Card Game, released on June 16, 1999. The set included a total of 64 cards and it was the first set to include copies of the holographic cards in non-holographic form.
The rare Pokémon Japanese Gym Challenge Set Sealed Booster Box (Media Factory, 1999) focused on the last four Gym Leaders from the game’s Kanto region: the physic-type Gym Leader Sabrina, the poison-type Gym Leader Koga, the-fire type Gym Leader Blaine, and Gym Leader Giovanni (leader of the evil Team Rocket organization). This is a sealed booster box from the set.
The set (est. $10,000) was released on June 25, 1999 over a year before the English version. The artwork on the box features the 4 Gym Leaders with a then little-known face in the background, Mewtwo. These Japanese boxes are not only rare but they also come with almost twice the number of booster packs, 60 packs in total.
A Pokémon First Edition Fossil Set Sealed Booster Box (Wizards of the Coast, 1999) (est. $15,000) was the third set of the Pokémon Trading Card Game and Bart Kiser acquired a box shortly after it was released Oct. 10, 1999. He preserved the box in its original shrink-wrap. The set included 62 total cards, and since the box includes 36 booster packs, each with 11 cards for a total of 396 cards, it’s likely that it includes more than one complete set, making it a must-have for hardcore Pokémon collectors.
Additional highlights from the Rad Dad Collection include:
A shrink-wrap sealed Pokémon First Edition Team Rocket Set Sealed Booster Box (Wizards of the Coast, 2000), est. $15,000
The 2000 booster box of the Pokémon First Edition Gym Heroes Set (Wizards of the Coast), est. $15,000
A rare, sealed Pokémon Japanese Fossil Set Booster Box (Media Factory, 1997), also known as Mystery of the Fossils (in Japan), est. $15,000
The iconic, 1997 Japanese release of Pokémon Team Rocket Set Sealed Booster Box (Media Factory, 1997), est. $15,000
The Rad Dad Collection will debut in Heritage Auctions’ Trading Card Games Signature Auction, July 24-25 on HA.com.
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