Sports trading cards see a resurgence during the pandemic

The pandemic, the increase in retail traders and the hunt for diversified assets in alternative areas like Bitcoin has led to a huge spike in trading cards. Basketball, baseball, football, and soccer cards are seeing multi-million dollar sales, triple digit percentage increases, and thousands of people flipping, investing, and creating portfolios of cards. CNBC's Eric Chemi reports.
The pandemic, the increase in retail traders and the hunt for diversified assets in alternative areas like Bitcoin has led to a huge spike in trading cards. Basketball, baseball, football, and soccer cards are seeing multi-million dollar sales, triple digit percentage increases, and thousands of people flipping, investing, and creating portfolios of cards. CNBC's Eric Chemi reports.

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