A rare One Piece trading card worth $8,000 disappeared from a glass display case at Key Items Collectibles on State Hill Road in Wyomissing on August 28, and police are now hunting two suspects caught on the shop's cameras. Store photos show a man reaching behind the display case and grabbing the item before both men fled, leaving the shop and the broader One Piece TCG community searching for leads.
The missing card is a Sabo Red manga alternate art card, graded a 10, or Gem Mint, by Professional Sports Authenticator, according to CBS News Philadelphia. One suspect was seen wearing a light-colored Corona beer t-shirt and a red baseball cap with a “100” emoji, while the other wore a black baseball cap, a black Nike t-shirt with orange lettering and artwork, and floral shorts. The One Piece Card Game is based on the long-running anime and manga franchise of the same name, and the report notes that a PSA 10 or Gem Mint grade can dramatically increase a card's value over an ungraded copy.
A Card Worth Thousands, Small Enough to Pocket
The scale of the loss illustrates just how lucrative a single slabbed card has become. Un-graded, raw copies of the Sabo Manga Alternate Art card typically sell for just $500 to $750 on the secondary market, while a PSA 10 Gem Mint rating identifies a highly graded copy of the card. Bandai launched the global One Piece Card Game in 2022, and the Sabo alternate art card debuted the following year as part of the “Kingdoms of Intrigue” booster expansion, per PSA.
Key Items Collectibles has asked the wider One Piece TCG community to watch for the card showing up online or in trades, per the CBS News Philadelphia report. Graded cards are sealed in tamper-evident holders stamped with unique certification numbers. The Certified Trading Card Association launched the Global Trading Card Registry in June, a tracking system for stolen graded trading cards, according to PRLog.
Part of a Regional Pattern of Card Shop Hits
The Wyomissing theft is not an isolated case in the region. Another multi-thousand-dollar trading-card theft occurred in South Jersey in July, and in May, thieves made off with more than $9,000 worth of Pokémon cards from a shop in Trappe, Montgomery County, with individual cards valued at over $2,000 each, per CBS News Philadelphia. That Montgomery County theft happened at Nashcards on West Main Street, where a suspect fled with merchandise worth more than $9,000, including a Gengar VMAX valued at about $2,500, a Metagross card valued at about $2,850, and a sealed booster box valued at about $4,200, according to WHYY; police later recovered one card after it was resold at a Bensalem shop the same day.
Certified Trading Card Association CEO Nick Jarman said in April that rare trading cards have become prime criminal targets because high secondary-market demand offers thieves fast liquidity, while individual cards worth thousands of dollars can easily fit into a pocket, as reported by KVIA. Trading card shop burglaries and thefts were linked to more than $500,000 in stolen merchandise in cities across the United States, Canada and England in the first months of 2026. Penglase & Benson also address Pennsylvania retail theft.
Police Continue Searching
Police are searching for the two suspects.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Wyomissing police or Crime Alert Berks at 877-373-9913. Crime Alert Berks accepts anonymous tips and offers cash rewards for information leading to an arrest, according to CBS News Philadelphia. The case has drawn attention from the wider trading-card community.
