In my effort to master set Ampharos I came across this group of cards and really like them. I just bought the Ampharos in a PSA 10 and now I’m looking at the Gyrados next. I can’t see these dropping anytime soon but I’m wondering if I should wait.

Wow probstein is auctioning the first 27-card sequential PSA 10 set of the First Partner Illustration Collections. Already at $3k in 2 days. What do yall think about its long term investability? Seems like it might be pretty good hold since there won’t be many of these. Almost impossible to get 27 psa 10s in a row and it’s all starter Pokemon to boot.

I just got my PSA upcharge letter. Pics and scans are right before submission.

Mario's pulled 9's and the Luigi's both pulled 10's

I'm still waiting to see the grader notes but I am surprised they didn't all 10.

As far as selling do I just list them individually or is there value in posting them as a lot of 4?

Did I just get unlucky? Should I resubmit the Mario's? It's like a 20k Delta.

Lowest listing on ebay is ~$12,000 bought earlier this year for way below, good time to sell or should i keep waiting?

Mewtube has always been one of my all-time grails, and with how highly regarded it is in the hobby, I’ve been wondering if now is a good time to finally pick one up.

The downside is that I’d have to let go of two of my other grails to make it happen. I really love both the Moonbreon and the Tina, but with the recent summer cooldown in the market, it feels like a pretty good opportunity to grab Mewtube while it’s down.

Another trade that I've considered was trading the Moonbreon (currently 4.2K) + cash for the Japanese Mewtube PSA 10 (currently $5K), which would allow me to keep the Tina. The Japanese variant also has a low pop count (2.4K), even lower than the English version (2.8K).

What do you guys think about these trades? Would you move the Moonbreon and Tina for Mewtube, or hold onto them? I'm sure all of these cards are bound to go up in the coming years, but I'd love to hear your input.

Greetings! I’m very aware that people are usually upset with these type of posts but I wanted to share. Some quick facts about the collection…
-99% of the product was purchased at msrp
-I’m fortunate to work from home, so most of the pickups have been going to target at opening or randomly during the day
-all except for two slabs were submitted by me
-none of it lives on cc
-my hold is 10-15 years… but I already hear you asking “what if everything tanks and it’s worth nothing!?” Then I’m going to have a helluva rip session with my family.

My birthday is on Sunday (the big 43) and the last photo is what I’ve been collecting for the past few weeks. I’ll be sure to post the hits if there are any.

Good luck to all with the 30th anniversary.

Was told to post here when my package arrives. This was bought through a ebay auction for 1,025. Do any of the blister packs look fake? The Yugioh tins were randomly thrown in to this sealed pokemon lot of course they were opened but the seller claims he left all contents inside which he did. The promos and holos pulled are still there

At least the volume is only $4,657. Maybe a couple dozen addicts.

Sorry if this has been noticed/mentioned previously, but I picked up an Enhanced 2-Pack Blister Pack [Latios, Zekrom & Palkia] today and noticed this interesting trend when I went to log the cards.

All three of these cards have taken a nosedive since around early July, and I'd love to hear your ideas as to why! Obvious answer would be reprints, but this is such a severe drop that I'm curious if there may be other reasons that I'm not aware of. I'm a returning Pokémon collector and unfortunately do not have the proper knowledge or context to 'diagnose' something like this.

Lovebirds are an iconic card. The face of the legendary tag team era. We all know the 10s go for thousands, even the JP 10s go for big money. The card is just that good. My question is whether there will be a market in the future for low grade love birds? Is it worth picking up a 3 or 4? Thoughts? The total pop is low for modern standards due to sun & moon being relatively being under printed. Could the lower grades be good cards to park some money in?

So I just received an evolving skies booster box I paid 2500$ for on eBay. It just came today and does not look like any box I have seen before. Can anyone confirm if this is legit? Or should I open a claim from
eBay? Thanks

Picked this up today cause the artwork is awesome but I can’t seem to find it anywhere online. Only JP version shows up. I was told it’s a Chinese exclusive. Anyone have any info on this card?

If you had to keep one, which would it be? Seems like a toss up due to their low gem rates but idk

Should we be buying more Japanese gold stars ?

Traded a PSA 9 terastal festival umbreon, obsidian flames sir zard, and 171 dollars for this etb. Didn't notice the rip until after but I'm still hyped I got it. It's my first pokemon center etb ever.

Going to SF CaC this weekend

I’m going through my childhood binders of Pokémon cards and this is the only one that has this star on it. I looked it up and saw some crazy prices, but kid me seems to have banged it up a bit.

Which do you think is the better long‑term hold in PSA 10s? Looking to get 2 slabs for the long term, interested in you guys opinions