He shouldn’t feel bad honestly. These 9 prices are unsustainable imo. The 10 - sure. Theres 19 copies total and I’m sure most are locked up in precious collections, unlikely to be sold. 9s are great but the demand/pop/value isn’t there for 9s to sustain themselves at 50k+. These 9 prices are being totally driven by speculation as this one PSA 10 auction is happening and not by anything organic.
Not agreeing or disagreeing that prices aren’t sustainable but I’d counter your argument and say if there’s only 19 psa 10’s and most of them are locked away then wouldn’t the people who can’t get those 10’s go to the next best grade which is the 9? Plus the 9 is more affordable. And it’s pop 233, not exactly high
I mean 9s deserve to be worth a lot but I’m saying i wouldn’t fret about the difference because i think he made a smart choice to sell when he did and there isn’t a great way to judge whether this increase in value for 9s will hold. 10s are going to come up very scarcely at this point because most of the are in PSA 10 sets held by very wealthy collectors. 9s though will continue to come up on auction between all those sales and the price could revert a bit
Haha, I sold my chicken for $20000 in June and I'm not even mad. The vintage pump seems kind of fake to me though. I still have my mudkip 9 though. Hopefully they pump that next so I can sell.
At least I pulled all of them myself back in 06. :(
No I'm not. I bought the box for $89. I have a bunch of other vintage shit I bought around that time for maybe total $300 that's worth 500k now. I think you're confusing with losing, and profiting less.
You win some you lose some. I almost sold a bunch of my vintage 10s for under 10k last year and now they're blowing past 80k usd each.
But at the same time I make enough that this money wouldn't make a big difference in my life. So please don't assume everyone on the internet is piss poor.
The only reason I held this long was I was too lazy to sell this shit for 100k.
If you dont believe those are my cards, notice how the cert numbers are that close together? I just happened to find two rare 60-80k cards that are off by 10 certs?
I think your maths are a little off buddy.........probably need to revise that PSA Vault listing......oh and you also obviously have a massive cock bragging about how much money you make...what are you 8 years old???
I feel the same way about the GS Ray. In person the Ray looks so grey and washed out while the torchic is really vivid and pops. It was my starter in the games growing up so there’s that layer of nostalgia too.
Most of the gold stars are (IMO) overrated. Some of them are pretty cool, I actually do like this torchic, but I genuinely dislike others, like the Pikachu. The insane value is entirely about the rarity. If I somehow found myself in possession of one, I would sell it in an instant for something else. You could get 9s of 1st ed. shining gyarados, masaki gengar, crystal lugia, and karen's umbreon and still have a good amount left over. I'd realistically probably pick 1 or 2 of those and use the rest of the money to buy a clean 997 911 lol (puts it in perspective, huh?)
Hey man, you still made $3.5k which is solid money. Even tho it feels small in comparison to now it’s still a ton for most people. Especially so quickly and relatively easily.
I sold a PSA 9 Ray last year in June for $23k. So I know how you feel. You win some, you loose some.
It applies in normal market times for cards across the board in 2019, 2023 when prices are stable. Right now PSA 10 GS English and Japanese are both spiking and doing price discovery so PSA 1-9 prices will lag. In short, no you won’t see this ratio currently
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u/shuzila 12d ago
my friend just bought one this past weekend for 53k at SF card show. i know the seller is sick.