Kerner has hoarded 1,000 ungraded first-edition 1999 Fossil Pokémon cards
Chris Koerner · Side Hustle King: 6 $60K/Mo Businesses Nobody's Doing · Jan 12, 2026 · at 39:21
Chris Kerner reveals his experiment of cornering the supply of unloved vintage Pokémon cards.
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“I have been buying two different cards. From 1999, fossil edition first first edition only, non-holographic, ungraded, any condition, near mint, heavily played, doesn't matter, and I have about a thousand of them so far, ok?”
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