My £32,800 Pokémon collection has paid for wedding

A TEACHING assistant's rare Pokémon cards found in an attic after 20 years will now pay for his wedding - after selling for more than £32,000.

- JAMES GAMBLE

> Andrew Braund with fiancée, Rachel Moseley

(Ewbank's / SWNS)

Ex-collector Andrew Braund found the three Pokémon cards whilst clearing out his childhood home in Wimborne, Dorset.

The 37-year-old brought his recovered collection to a friend's trading card store, hoping all his cards combined might be worth a few hundred pounds.

But he was shocked when his friend singled out three Charizard cards not in his organised binders - telling him they could be worth tens of thousands.

The three cards have now sold for a collective total of £32,800 at a sale by Ewbank's Auctions.

Stumbling upon the rare cards couldn't have come at a better time for Mr Braund, who is due to marry his fiancée, Rachel Moseley, in August.

He'll now use the profits from the sale to pay for his wedding.

"I don't have to worry about where the money for the wedding is going to come from now," an elated Mr Braund said.

"Back when I was collecting, nobody knew Pokémon would still be around 25 years later.