>>50039480>Pokémon cards weren't going for 6-7 figures when they were new. Asset prices rise and fall. There have been Pokemon cards that commanded such impressive prices upon release, it's entirely dependent upon scarcity and demand. NFTs that command the highest price points are usually one of one or something close to it. Certain cards, such as Illustrator Pikachu, have been absurdly priced from the day they were brought to market.
>Also, back in the late 90s-early 00s, people bought Pokémon cards because (shocker) THEY LIKED POKÉMON!Most of them, sure. But there were investors in Pokemon TCG from the start. By the time TCG came to America, Pokemania was at a fever pitch and this was shortly after Beanie Babies. This wasn't comic books in the 1930s, people were already well acclimated to the idea that toys and cards and other various nonsense fetched high prices under the right conditions.
>Bored Apes are only a year old and they're going for 6-7 figures, and people are buying them for financial gainAnd? There are plenty of people who invest in Pokemon TCG who could give a fuck about Pokemon. I'm personally not in Bored Ape, so I can't speak to the various complexities of that market, but NFTs are just a new phase in the collectibles industry. There are plenty of NFTs from licensed brands that will almost certainly hold long term value in the same way that Pokemon has. This will not be true of every single NFT out there, no one who is serious or knows what they're talking about would tell you that, but it is what it is. Prices will ebb and flow over time. They do so in Pokemon physicals and they will do so on the blockchain.
