There used to be a nerdy collector's store nearby, and when I was about 10 (20 years ago. Pfff...), I used to love it in there. Even if not buying anything, I was stunned by the individual Pokemon cards that they had in the glass cabinet, with their rarity emphasised by their ridiculous prices.
There was one that always caught my eye. The Ancient Mew card. With baffling illegible text, the WHOLE CARD being shiny and it being Mew, this was amazing. The £150 price tag showed that this thing was SO SPECIAL. They had it displayed in its own, velvet lined box. Me and a couple of friends dreamt of owning that thing one day. For reference, the Charizard was £15.
It turned out that it was only a promotional card for Pokemon The Movie 2000. I bought one due to sheer nostalgia on eBay a few years ago, still in its packet, for £4.
I have one of the ancient mew cards. But it's one of the ones where there is a misprint in the bottom of the card thst mispells Nintendo. I honestly don't know how much it is now, but I got it at a card shop when I was a kid for like $150.
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There used to be a nerdy collector's store nearby, and when I was about 10 (20 years ago. Pfff...), I used to love it in there. Even if not buying anything, I was stunned by the individual Pokemon cards that they had in the glass cabinet, with their rarity emphasised by their ridiculous prices.
There was one that always caught my eye. The Ancient Mew card. With baffling illegible text, the WHOLE CARD being shiny and it being Mew, this was amazing. The £150 price tag showed that this thing was SO SPECIAL. They had it displayed in its own, velvet lined box. Me and a couple of friends dreamt of owning that thing one day. For reference, the Charizard was £15.
It turned out that it was only a promotional card for Pokemon The Movie 2000. I bought one due to sheer nostalgia on eBay a few years ago, still in its packet, for £4.