Catch ’em all! How Pokémon cards came to fetch millions

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“This is the most iconic Pokémon card of all time,” says Roy Raftery, holding up a small, brightly coloured trading card depicting a golden, fire-breathing dragon. He is standing in a meeting room of London auction house Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s. “Charizard,” it reads. “Evolves from Charmelon; Pokémon Power: Energy Burn.”

It’s part of the Pokémon…