Video shows four suspects smashing a glass case and robbing a Pok\u00e9mon trading card store Wednesday in Manhattan.<\/p>\n
It happened around 7 p.m. at The Pok\u00e9 Court on West 13th Street in the Meatpacking District.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The suspects showed a gun and threatened a 27-year-old man before taking his phone, police said.<\/p>\n
One person, dressed in all black with green gloves, was seen on surveillance video<\/a> taking a hammer to a display case with various trading cards inside.<\/p>\n Founder of The Pok\u00e9 Court Courtney Chin said thieves grabbed more than $100,000 worth of items. While the incident was jarring, she said she’s glad nobody was injured.<\/p>\n “If someone got hurt over trying to steal Pok\u00e9mon Cards, that’s like the worst outcome. Right? Human life is precious,” she said.<\/p>\n The store reopened after the brazen robbery. Staff said the love of Pok\u00e9mon must go on.<\/p>\n “I like to think we can’t let a few bad apples ruin the hobby for everyone,” Chin said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Pok\u00e9mon cards can be worth thousands<\/p>\n What started as just a children’s game has now turned into a lucrative business, with some trading cards carrying a high price tag.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Those cards you would pay a couple of dollars for. Twenty-five years later, those cards are (worth) thousands of dollars,” Massachusetts card shop owner Rod Crochiere previously told CBS News Boston<\/a>. There have been several similar robberies<\/a> in Massachusetts.\u00a0<\/p>\n The cards are valued based on a grading scale, which determines the quality of the card based on a scale of 1-10.\u00a0<\/p>\n YouTuber and now wrestler Logan Paul posted on X <\/a>on Tuesday that he is selling a Pok\u00e9mon card for millions.\u00a0<\/p>\n Other trading card stores will take precautions against robberies<\/p>\n At the Pok\u00e9mon trading card store NXT Legacy in Times Square, visitors have to be buzzed in to gain entry.<\/p>\n Manager Destiny Amore said they will probably increase security.\u00a0<\/p>\n “I’m glad everyone at Poke Court is safe. But it’s just shiny cardboard, honestly. I don’t think it should be this serious,” she said. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Recent, similiar thefts in NYC<\/p>\n In October, a man stole nearly $10,000 worth<\/a> of baseball and Pok\u00e9mon cards from\u00a0Tom Brady’s CardVault store<\/a>\u00a0in the city\u00a0<\/p>\n Officers said he manipulated a card reader machine to buy $2,633 without actually paying. The same man returned two times later in the day to make two more fraudulent purchases.\u00a0<\/p>\n Investigators said he was also tied to more thefts at other card stores in Brooklyn and in Nashville, Tennessee.<\/p>\n \n More from CBS News\n <\/p>\n