Most attic Pokémon hunts end in empty binders and chewed commons. This one did not. Two brothers finally took their 80-year-old grandma at her word, dug past the first toy pile, and hit a Wizards-era vault: 1st Edition sealed product from Jungle, Fossil, and Team Rocket, a binder stacked with early holos, and three Charizard cards, including a shadowless copy that can sit in five-figure territory when condition cooperates.
What they actually found
The first pass only turned up toys, figurines, and an old electronic Pokédex. Grandma sent them back. The second dig produced the real inventory:
Dozens of sealed packs and unopened themed decks
Early print runs with shrink wrap and original price stickers still attached
Receipts showing she bought the product for pocket change in the late '90s
A binder of classic singles (Pikachu, Mew, Mewtwo, and more holos)
Three Charizard cards, one of them shadowless Base Set era
That mix matters. Sealed Jungle / Fossil / Team Rocket 1st Edition product and a shadowless Charizard are the two different kinds of money in vintage Pokémon: factory-sealed scarcity versus graded chase singles.
Why collectors freak out about this exact product
Context for anyone staring at a similar box:
Shadowless Charizard (Base Set print variant before the drop shadow became standard) is one of the hobby's headline singles. High-grade copies have been five-figure sales for years.
Sealed early booster boxes from that Wizards window have publicly traded in roughly the $15,000 to $30,000 range in past sales, depending on set, edition stamp, and condition of the seal. Individual packs are still serious money, just not box money.