DETROIT – With winter on its way, most people prefer to stay inside by the fire, binge some television (ahem, if you haven’t watched Succession yet, get to it) and keep warm. If you’re not into skiing, snowboarding or sledding with the kiddos, odds are Michigan winters are a boring time for you.
You may find yourself grabbing winter coats from the attic or your snow pants from the basement, and that’s when you unknowingly strike gold.
The pandemic has caused niche markets like sports cards, retro video games and antique goods to explode. Remember the Pokemon cards that your kids used to play with or the ones you had as a kid? Little did you know that some of those cards are worth a ton of money. It spans from Pokemon cards to video games — a copy of NCAA 14, an almost 10-year-old game, goes for around $120 on eBay right now.
The phrase “one man’s trash is another man’s…

