'Jaws Hit the Floor' at Auction House as Retired Decorator Sells Pokémon Cards for $2 Million

A retired decorator from the UK just became a millionaire by selling a bunch of Pokémon cards collecting dust in his loft for $2 million. The man, from Woking, UK, said he had no idea the cards were valuable until he read about a single card fetching £6,000 (approx. $8,000). The cards were auctioned off at Surrey-based auction house Ewbank's on Wednesday for £1.56 million (approx. $2 million). "I know people always talk about finding treasure in the attic, but in my case that is literally true," said the anonymous retiree, via the BBC .