The 10 most expensive K-pop photocards

The vast and profitable world of K-pop is known for its beloved bundle albums heavy with merch. As a gift to fans, these bundles perfectly entice every passionate devotee to buy their favorite group’s physical album, which includes the ideal amount of gifts within one piece of merchandise. Although they no longer count for the Billboard charts, many groups like BTS and TXT still release the albums bundled with merch as a way to gift fans who go out of their way to physically purchase their music. Recently, western artists have also taken to including merch in their own albums, including Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, and Ariana Grande

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While it may differ from artist to artist, merch-bundled albums may include a panoply of goodies. From posters to photo albums, the possibilities of gifts are endless when it comes to merchandise. One of the most popular items are photo cards. Typically including a picture of a member printed on thick photographic paper, these photocards sell to collectors for a pretty penny. As each album usually includes one specific photocard by a member, it becomes sort of a Pokemon-like trade to “catch them all.” The impressive resale values fueled by avid and passionate fans are absolutely world-shattering, and here are the K-pop artists whose photocards are a bit more profitable than the rest.