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DALLAS, July 14, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

-- Collection amassed by the late Bart Kiser offered in Heritage Auctions'

inaugural Trading Card Games Auction July 24-25

Pokémon was bigger than a game for "Rad Dad" Bart Kiser. It was as big as the

love he had for his children.

Kiser gifted a portion of his massive card game collection to his children

Christmas morning 1999. "Some of us were a little too young to know what was

going on," says son Matt Kiser, watching home video of that holiday morning.

"But we see our family …  We see, especially our dad who loved us and was doing

everything he can to share in that passion with us kids."

Bart Kiser passed away in 2018, but the gift he left his children that

Christmas morning is creating a lasting legacy for the Kiser family. Proving

that it's not just sports cards that collectors will pay hefty prices for, the

Kiser collection is expected to fetch an estimated $3 million when it is sold

by Heritage Auctions on July 24-25 as part of the Trading Card Games Signature

Auction (

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),. That would be a U.S. record for a sale of a trading card collection that is

not sports related.

The loving father, Bart Kiser earned the nickname "Rad Dad" from his career as

a radiologist. He connected with his kids through the colorful cards depicting

"pocket monsters." This Kisner family is once again reminded of his love and

generosity in sharing the family's Pokémon passion.

"This is by far one of the most extraordinary collections I've ever seen and

one of the most extraordinary families I've ever seen," said Joe Maddelena,

Executive Vice President at Heritage Auctions. "The Kisers are a loving family

and Bart's delight at sharing the Pokémon experience with his children is

evident in just how far he went to build this epic collection – the 'Rad Dad

Collection.'"

Pokémon, the trading card game that swept the world 26 years ago, has once

again gone mainstream during the past year. This year Heritage Auctions

garnered world-record auction prices for sealed box sets, one of which sold for

$408,000. Newfound nostalgia driving the market is the push behind Heritage's

inaugural Trading Card Games Signature Auction (

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), its first sale dedicated to cards from Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering,

Yu-Gi-Oh! and others. Sealed boxes and individual cards date from the mid-1990s

through the mid-2000s.

"I happened to go in our closet and there were two or three of these sealed

boxes, plus 20 other boxes and I was like, OK, this is real," Matt Kiser said.

Highlights from the Rad Dad Collection offered at auction includes sealed box

sets such as a Pokémon Japanese Base Set Sealed Booster Box (Media Factory,

1996) (

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) released only in Japan. These boxes were released in Japan on Oct. 20, 1996,

which was a little over two years before the English version. English versions

of these boxes came with 36 card packs but Japanese versions came with 60 packs.

Hi-Res images available:

Eric Bradley, Public Relations Director

C: +1 469-271-2849 or EricB@ha.com

SOURCE: Heritage Auctions