Target won't sell trading cards after man pulls gun over card dispute

Target has announced that it will stop selling all kinds of trading cards in stores across the United States from May 14 onward.

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Published May 14, 2021 7:33 AM CDT
Updated Jun 11, 2021 5:01 AM CDT

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Trading cards are leaving Target after a man pulled a gun out in a dispute over trading cards in a Target parking lot.

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Target has announced that it will be removing all trading cards from store shelves from May 14 onward after a man on May 7 pulled a gun out during a fight over trading cards. Target states it is temporarily suspending the "sale of MLB, NFL, NBA and Pokemon trading cards within our stores, effective May 14." Target added that it decided to remove these trading cards "out of an abundance of caution", and that shoppers can still purchase them online "Guests can continue to shop these cards online at Target.com."

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the value of trading cards to increase drastically, with some Pokemon cards such as a mint condition Charizard sold for $300,000 in January - it was worth $16,000 in 2019. According to Joe Maddalena, executive vice-president at Texas-based Heritage Auctions said, "When Covid-19 hit, a lot of Gen X and Millennials were looking for things to do and we found a lot of these guys and girls started playing Pokemon again because they grew up with it."

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