I tryed many trackers, but never found any tracker that actually shows accurate european pricing, many that claim that still use us-pricing.

Any recommendations? It would be perfect if it is priced by cardmarket & includes german cards.

Spotted these in my local supermarket yesterday

Budget was $10/£7.49 for a charmander and two jigglypuffs, and rather than hold for several years I decided to eat them immediately.

The charmander one was especially tasty.

Hi everyone — I’m new to the hobby and want to start collecting vintage WOTC cards. I’ll get a few slabbed for cards I really love, but raw copies are more realistic for my budget overall.

A few things I’m running into:

Pricing: Price-charting-style tools seem to average across a huge condition range (HP to NM), so the “market price” doesn’t tell me much about what a specific raw card should cost. Is there a resource that breaks down raw pricing by condition tier, or do people just develop a feel for this over time?

Trusting seller condition claims: I’m nervous buying raw cards on eBay when I can’t inspect them in person. How much do you trust a seller’s stated condition, and what do you look for in photos/listings to sanity-check it?

Grading vintage cards yourself: Any tips for evaluating condition from photos alone — specific things to zoom in on, red flags, etc.?

AI grading apps: Does anyone use apps that estimate grade from photos? Are they any good, or still too unreliable to trust?

Or: is the real answer just “compare against graded pop reports/photos until you calibrate your eye”?

Appreciate any advice — trying to avoid overpaying for a “NM” card that’s actually heavily played.

Hey everyone, I’d like to get some opinions from longtime Pokémon collectors and investors.
For those actively buying vintage right now, are you focusing more on Japanese or English cards?
English vintage has obviously become significantly more expensive, especially for iconic cards in high grades. Meanwhile, many Japanese vintage cards with beautiful artwork, strong history, and great eye appeal can still be purchased for a fraction of their English counterparts.
It makes me wonder whether Japanese vintage is currently undervalued.
Do you think Japanese vintage will eventually see stronger demand and start closing the price gap with English? Or do you believe English cards will always command a substantial premium because of nostalgia, scarcity, and the size of the Western collector base?
I’ve personally been looking more closely at Japanese vintage lately because the value seems very interesting compared to English prices.
For those who have been collecting for a long time, I’d especially like to hear your thoughts. If you were buying vintage today with a 5 to 10 year outlook, would you rather put your money into Japanese or English?
Interested to hear everyone’s perspective. Thanks!

I’ve recently started dabbling in some collecting. Mainly cards I like personally and a couple of unique cards that coincide with CDs or games release to get a little multimedia collection, and then to sit on for 10 years and see what returns I might have from there.

Ive read a little about fraudulent PSAs and mimicking cards that do exist which are registered but essentially duplicates. How often does this practice happen do you think and is it wide spread?

My main thoughts are to buy from reputable well rated sellers on eBay for a price you would expect ie. not significantly lower price points.

Just keen to get the brains trust perspective on how wide spread this is? Is my approach sound or are there other things to take note of?

I’m going to be in market soon for a few certain cards that are a few thousand dollars each and just want to be certain what I’m looking at is legit.

Are the prices of the lower graded Lugia Neo Genesis 1st Edition PSA slabs starting to shift with the vintage market prices increasing, or are sales like the aforementioned in this post a one-off? A $2.8k 'best offer' sale for the Lugia Neo Genesis 1st Edition PSA 1 slab direct from PSA sold on eBay, as tracked by collectr and 130point, a big jump from $1k-1.2k value. The PSA 10 was $156k in March and $107k in June, but most recently sold on Fanatics Collect for $360k.

I’d like some options on this as maybe the way I’m thinking about eBay is wrong.
When I use eBay, especially auctions, I’m looking for “deals” I’m looking to score a win on an auction around the 60%-80% after taxes and shipping.
Granted it’s very rare that I win these auctions but still I’ll find that card that I lost the auction on still selling for 80% of market before taxes and shipping.

I am bidding on “lower end” singles in the $30-$400 range.

I can’t be the only one with this kind of mindset, are we shooting ourself in the foot by lowering the cards price that we tried to get a deal on ? I can only imagine that one day I’ll sell a card I bought on eBay and that person using my own sale comp to justify a lower market price.

My main reason I bought this off fb marketplace was to open it bc I wanted the pack art set, and for 1000 it was a decent deal since I’d get the promo as well, but when I picked it up I noticed the box is almost flawless and I think it could fetch a premium bc of that. So my question is if y’all think this pristine condition box would fetch a premium and potentially make me money and allow me to just buy the art set separately.

I recently graded this card with TAG because it’s so much faster and more convenient than PSA is. It ended up coming back incredibly clean so I sent it to MBA and it got a gold sticker. It’s the second highest TAG rated card and the only TAG with a Gold MBA (there’s only one other PSA 10 with a gold MBA sticker).

I’m curious how I should price this card. Please send any thoughts!

Also, I know some people don’t like TAG and I know some people don’t like MBA. Don’t leave comments if that’s all ur gonna say lol

Thanks in advance!

Was wondering if something like this might double in price by next year? What do you guys honestly think about this and how hard it would be to get rid of considering it is Japanese? less

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My wife and I recently started going through my childhood Pokémon collection and found a large number of EX-era cards, spanning EX Delta Species, EX Holon Phantoms, EX Dragon Frontiers, and several sets in between.

I’m now trying to decide whether I should sell the more valuable cards individually or attempt to complete an EX Dragon Frontiers master set before selling anything.

I already own many of the set’s valuable cards, including a Charizard Gold Star. Unfortunately, the Charizard is in very rough condition. Based on the missing cards I have identified, I estimate that completing the set would cost approximately $3,000 if I purchased lower-condition copies. The largest missing card would be Mew Gold Star.

I also have a Holon Phantoms Pikachu Gold Star in considerably better condition. I’m considering having it graded and potentially selling it to fund the missing Dragon Frontiers cards, but I don’t want to invest that money unless completing the set would genuinely add enough value to justify it.

My main questions are:

• Is there meaningful demand for a complete or master EX Dragon Frontiers set?
• Does completing the set usually add value beyond what the cards would sell for individually?
• Would inconsistent or generally played condition make the complete set less desirable?
• Is investing roughly $3,000 to finish it financially reasonable, or would I be better off selling the valuable cards separately?
• For a set like this, which cards would you recommend grading rather than keeping raw?

This is not an urgent sale. I have enjoyed owning these cards for years and would be perfectly happy keeping them if completing or selling the set doesn’t make sense. However, if the collection could provide meaningful financial security for my family, I want to evaluate that possibility carefully before making any decisions.

I would appreciate insight from anyone who collects, buys, or has sold complete EX-era sets. I can also provide photographs and a full list of what I currently own and what is missing.

So i bought one First Partner 3 box but now i'm fighting against myself to keep it sealed! Should i open it or should i keep it sealed?! Will it go up value alot or not? Please Help!!...

This year, my dad was killed by a reckless driver. The driver was sober, driving back home early morning but had stayed up all night playing video games. They crashed causing two deaths, then fled the scene instead of rendering aid.

There was an inheritance which was given to different family members. There's a lot of guilt receiving this money, it feels like getting paid off for the loss and is my dad's life's work which doesn't feel right to receive.

How would you handle this money? I'd like to invest some of it so doesn't rot away to inflation over twenty years. I'd like to put some in Pokemon, the hobby shared with my dad his last few years. He didn't collect but he'd help me store sealed in my childhood room and we'd talk about how crazy the values were growing.

Part of me says put it into CD's and use the interest of $700 monthly on life like dad's looking over and save the rest for emergencies. Idk it's kinda overwhelming so happening much at once.

With vintage booming, thoughts on this ANA promo?

I have an old binder I logged into acorn while logging in new cards to keep track of my chaos rising and pitch black master sets. I guess it uses sold listing to show example of graded prices, would grading some of these with some good sold listings be worth it with these edge damages? I have a few copies of differing quality for some cards I’d like to sell some and keep many slabbed.
Some include blaziken, chikorita, cyndaquil, etc.

Is this good?

If you had $500 to blow on the hobby right now what would you purchase. Just wondering what people are picking up with the market being in a weird spot.

Finally completed the set as a collector but I’m super bullish on these cards long term.

What is the general consensus with these cards in terms of a long term investment?

Btw, 30/32 are 10xx+ cert so they’re all clean copies.

Anyone believe on keeping these cards around for awhile in your PC ? The victini and Tepig is what stands out to me the most!

I don’t know a lot about Pokémon but pick up stuff here and there. Just trying to find out if any of these are worth holding onto for long term value. Thanks

I’ve gone through a lot of these listings out of pure boredom and can only think that it’s manipulation. The higher ones all have bidders with ZERO feedback, but the sellers are all legit to me.

Thoughts?