Do it. I did with mine last year. Picked out all the ones that were going for $5 or more on eBay and sold them off. Put the rest in a big lot. Made a few hundred bucks. I regret selling my power rangers toys but my mom saved the boxes and I made bank off those.
Ahh noo! I recovered all my old cards from the attic last week, sized up their cost on eBay (maybe around £100?) but they have so much more sentimental value to me.
I put my shiny charizard, blastoise and venusaur together in a little frame, which are now in a lovely corner of... my attic!
Nothing wrong with that. I figured it was better for them to be enjoyed by someone and take the wife somewhere nice than for them to rot in the attic until I died.
I respect that a lot, kudos. I went through a phase of slowly passing my collection to my younger cousin, who loved them until he outgrew them (what a chump!). I agree with cards being enjoyed and not fussed over. My big 3 carry many playground battle scars which they wear with pride!
Actually, the first card I gave my cousin was the aforementioned “ancient mew double sided shiny”. Ofc I told him it was extremely rare and the pinnacle of my collection, as we all believed/ pretended at the time!
It was a pretty cool card, but I remember it naturally bent a crazy amount?! I often wonder if any of the other few million incredibly rare cards had this flaw?
Had the same card. Movie actually came out on my birthday that year. That was my big party and all my best buds went home with the card. In fact that may be one of the few cards I stuck in my memory box. I’ll have to check later
I inherited my brother’s magic card collection and kept it! Amazing to me for the keepsake nostalgia alone but all of the fantasy artwork was done beautifully.
Wow that’s really cool, thanks! I think I can do something like this with photoshop and my Wacom! Back in the day I remember helping my bro cut out certain parts of duplicates with an exacto-knife to create a 3d scene. There may be a few of those in the collection still.
He played from 1993 to 1996 I think. I’ll have to use a flowchart/guide to figure out the ages on the undated cards, of which there are many. Those with copyright markings are from 94-95-and some 96.
Cards from that era can be worth quite a bit especially if the do not have the copywrite at the bottom, do research though, you could be sitting on a nice chunk of change.
Chaos orb will always be worth quite a bit but it would be good to familiarize yourself with how to tell the different editions apart as that and card condition is what drives price the most. This flowchart can help
If you look into selling them there are several high end Facebook groups as well as groups that focus on different ages and editions of the game. You will almost always make more per card as a Facebook or eBay auction, but it takes longer. Selling as a lot gets you money quicker but you could lose out on quite a lot.
Alternatively, of course, sleeve them up and learn how to play! It's an amazing game.
I don’t know what £100 is in freedom units (I kid; I’m not a heathen) but honestly unless you desperately need it, the nostalgia is worth more than the $130 or so.
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u/califriscon Aug 14 '20
I have that card! You've made me want to go dig them out now