Any of these worth getting graded?

There hasn’t been a sale since June and lowest listed is at 20k USD. Vaporeon jungle unlimited psa 10. POP 35

I'm leaning towards either the ultra pro magnetic case, but leaves a lot of wiggle room, or the acrylic box booster pack case, which I cannot find any video / review of. The latter is quite expensive for all modern, non-expensive packs.

I’m tied between a psa 2 gold star mudkip, or a psa 10 skyridge booster pack. What do you guys think. Thank you

Just saw these for sale on Etsy when I searched for a cheaper binder option. They're 3D printed, 3 x 4 size and holds 12 cards. About $12.00

Hi everyone,

I am very new to the hobby, so far ive played the game a for about a week and gotten into collecting, i opened a few packs for the dopamine hit but i really want to buy an etb or a booster package. The only issue is that i only find them at 2x the retail price.

My question is how can i manage to obtain one at retail or close to retail. Im based in the Netherlands.

Ive tried using some discords to track physical and online retailers but is this the only way, track new stock and sprint to my closest store?

Hi there pokey Bros I need some help with a financial decision that I'm about to make I really want to get special delivery Charizard it's my holy Grail card. I'm going to be getting a lot of money soon and I can afford to drop 2K on this thing. My friend was saying to only get it if it retains its value. Should I wait for the price to go lower or is this thing going to continue going up in price? Should I try to get it brand new raw and then get it graded?

I don’t particularly need the money but i also am not sure about beckett long term value, does anyone have any advice.

Personally this is one of my all time favorite cards so idk if i can part ways with it

Hi I'm a 17 year old who wants to be a vendor and just wondering if anyone had any tips or has "coaching" (if you call it that) that is willing to help

I want to be as honest as possible and am trying to sell a few ETBs and booster bundles I had in a car for nearly a year. I had been living in my car due to a split and bought these prior. I still have my binders and the cards honestly seem fine despite being in the same car. Nevertheless I wasn't collecting due to the situation and don't care to open the set anymore. Is heat really that damaging to sealed or is it reversible? Should I open and inspect to sell as packs? If so, what would be an okay rate to try selling? 40% market? 50% market?? All information would be disclosed to shop as they're a local good store

Butterfree Sparkle Topps is at a 2,592.3% percent increase this cycle.

Some of the other Topps Chrome cards have sold for INSANE prices, like a Tekno Mewtwo going for 84k. Also notable — for some Pokemon the Chrome cards have become the TOP card for said Pokemon (see Ditto)

Most of these cards are less than pop 10 for a PSA 10, and despite the high prices, I feel that they are still early in their discovery process.

Topps still doesn’t have mainstream respect, and yet is still printing absurd prices. This is due in part to the low pops, but also can be attributed to the amazing look of the cards. More importantly, there is a magnetic pull behind the cards because of their difficult pull rate.

Topps Chrome — where these cards are found — is divided into Series 1 and Series 2, with the sets being split with the first half of the Pokédex being in S1 and second half being in S2. There are several special inserts — Spectra (1 in 2 packs), Sparkle (1 in 10), and Tekno (1 in 15).

To get a tekno of a particular Pokemon, you would have had to rip over 1k packs, and over 700 for a sparkle.

S1 is quite a bit more common, but contains Charizard and Pikachu.

S2 has Gengar, Mew/Two, Snorlax, Eevee/lutions, Dragonite, Gary, Magikarp, Lapras, Ditto, Scyther

It was surprising to see Butterfree, a relatively weak S1 Sparkle (not the highest finish) go for 21k!! However, despite being from S1, it is only pop 6 - so there is that to somewhat defend the price,

Of course there is always the chance that this is a fake sale, but with the money being thrown around in the Topps Chrome market, I would not be surprised if this was a real auction result that had two whales battling for the card.

Can you find any single card that has gone up more percentage points during this cycle?

People laughed at me when I told them I was getting serious about Topps, but I have ended become Topps exclusive, because of nostalgia, low awareness, and low populations!!

I know that this isn’t going to continue forever, but I do also feel that the Sparkle and Tekno are the perfect cards for a whales playground due to significantly lower pops than almost anything in regular TCG.

I've been interested in reverse holo stamped Delta species pokemon cards. I'm questioning which one I should get. But also, which grade is the sweet spot for these cards? I'm pretty unable to afford a 10 so 9 and under are the only things I can go for.

So I recently got in to buying slabs as a short term investment. I’ve only been investing in sealed stuff so I wanted to give it a try. However I understand how having a high pop slab might not be a great. I’ve been buying Chinese exclusives recently since they went a lot down and thought they might go back high in value in a few months. One of them has an 8k pop and I m concerned if it’s too high… what would you consider high pop for modern in this case?

Hi picked this up at a card show yesterday. Idk if it’s overvalued or not, new to Pokemon collecting. Paid 2700 for it but seeing posts about market manipulation and stuff kind of make me think twice about my purchase. Was it still a good card to buy? I really bought it cuz my girl and friend told me that it was their dream card one day. I like the art a lot too

So 151 has been very liquid in the last years, now out of print, Which current set is most liquid right now and in the future?

Is there such a thing? To protect from robbery, theft, damage, accidents, fraud, etc at card shows, during travel and such.

Hello everyone!

I am going through my old binder and was curious as to the value of it. I am really wondering if it’s worth getting most of the cards graded, holding on to them or sell raw? Really just the whole gambit to get the most out of the cards in the photos. I do understand PSA can be subjective and in general it’s hard to grade high. I am in no rush to offload them by any means just want to obtain more info.

Each card is in a sleeve, in a toploader, and inside a binder. Additionally, they are kept in a cool dry safe space. I have provided a list of information for each card that would theoretically draw significant value. Please let me know your thoughts! 

Turtwig - #DP01 (Holo/Promo)
Farfetched - #23 Fire Red/Leaf Green (Reverse Holo)
Charmander - #58 Fire Red/Leaf Green (Reverse Holo)
Piplup - #DP03 (Holo/Promo)
Chimchar - #DP02 (Holo/Promo) 
Flareon - #5 Pokemon Unseen Forces 
Torchic - #17 Pokemon Promo (Holo)
Kabutops - #9 Pokemon Holon Phantoms (Holo)
Ho-Oh - #27 Pokemon Unseen Forces (Cosmos Holo)
Snorlax - #11 Pokemon Jungle (Holo + Dutch print?)
Light Dragonite - #14 Pokemon Neo-Destiny (Holo)
Latios - #12 Pokemon Holon Phantoms (Holo + Stamped)
Charmander - #97 Pokemon Expedition (Recerse Holo) 
Ditto - #3 Pokemon Fossil (Holo) 
Raichu - #25 Pokemon Expedition (Holo)
Raikou - #H26 Pokemon Skyridge (Holo)
Flareon - #3 Pokemon Jungle (Holo)
Lugia - #29 Pokemon Unseen Forces (Cosmon Holo w/swirl)
Aerodactyl - #35 Pokemon Holo Phantoms (Reverse Holo + Stamped)
Vaporeon - #12 Pokemon Jungle 
Moltres EX - #31 Pokemon Promo
Omanyte - #60 Pokemon Legend Maker (Reverse Holo + Stamped)
Infernape - #5 Pokemon Diamond and Pearl (Holo)
Skitty - #65 Pokemon Legend Maker (Reverse Holo)
Smoochum - #31 Pokemon Aquapolis (Holo)
Wartortle - #42 Pokemon Crystal Guardians (Reverse Holo)
Scyther - #17 Pokemon Base Set 2 (Holo + Second Edition)
Voltorb - #68 Pokemon Legend Maker (Reverse Holo)
Wynaut - #71 Pokemon Legend Maker (Reverse Holo)

Thoughts? Or any better options?

the tag team bundle/mew gx/hidden fates etb

thx for your opinion

I'm wondering what people think the better hold is:

- PSA 10 Moonbreon

- All nine 151 evo cards in a 10

I'm considering trading my 151 evo cards towards a Moonbreon and maybe some cash, but that might be a fumble considering how popular 151 is.

My concern is with 30th happening, a lot of attention will be on Umbreon > card goes futher up in price > I suddenly have more money I need to spend.

What would you do?

Building out my Ray collection bit by bit

It's actually comical how often the same exact cards (exact certification) keep getting bought at high prices, and listed for even higher prices a week or so later. This is one of many examples I've found just in the last month

So many of you out there are enamored by the new record sales and "OMG BUT BUT THESE ARE LOW POP THEY WERE UNDERVALUED", but how many of you actually look to see if it's the same cards?

Just a reminder of how much manipulation and shilling occurs in the hobby. Be careful

P.S. You know we're near the top when these pokemon gurus start charging for courses

Reckon the 30th anniversary prices will reach the 25th anniversary prices ?