Every former and current trading card collector likes to think that they are sitting on a small fortune with that stack of old baseball cards, “Pokémon” cards or “Star Wars” cards stuffed on a shelf in the basement.
While most times, it’s probably not true, every once in a while it is.
“We had a lady whose husband passed away and he had never done anything with his baseball cards and they were just in storage and she was hoping they were worth a few hundred bucks,” said Patrick Nuckols, owner of Continental Cards in Ashburn. “It turns out there were multiple cards valued at over a thousand dollars each, with one – a Mickey Mantle card – worth over $7,000.”
Nuckols – who has a background in the corporate world – launched Continental Cards online in 2022.
It started out as a side gig, but then it continued to grow. This led to him opening his store in 2024 off Loudoun County Parkway just north of Gloucester Parkway.
It may seem like an unassuming little shop for hardcore hobbyists – but it’s actually on the cutting edge of a multibillion-dollar industry.
To read more about the popularity of collectible cards and this growing Ashburn business, click here and read the rest of the story over at the Ashburn Magazine website.