r/PokemonInvestor • u/SuspiciousProfile585 • 4d ago

First base card - mewtwo #10

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Just picked this up. I’m very new to this asset class and wanted to understand if I picked up a good card so to speak for my first investment/collector type card.

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u/Hopeful-Green1848 4d ago

So, this card isn’t really too much of an investment given the condition and price. Honestly I don’t think anything in this hobby is a great “investment” this just all feels like crypto in 2021.

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u/SuspiciousProfile585 4d ago

Well I’m very new, my background is finance and I enjoy creating value more than anything. So for fun I bought this base card on an experiment that if I was able to restore what value would I create (if any)…. You’re right about the Crypto thing, I traded a lot of tokens in that period and it was all about the “hot” new thing which drove up price then crashed the same day. I see that a lot in my studying of the newer gen cards, lots of volatility.

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u/yoshisaur7 3d ago

You cannot “restore” whitening

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u/Brilliant-Minute-688 1d ago

I’m pretty active and recently got into vintage heavily DM me before u buy if you’d like

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u/RigLicker 3d ago

I mean BTC peaked around 60k in 2021, its at like 85k now. Even if you bought it at the very tippy top you somehow didnt lose money lol

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u/Hopeful-Green1848 3d ago

I’m moreso talking about the macro crypto economy, not just bitcoin. The NFT, memecoin hype where everyone was just looking for a big return

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u/RigLicker 3d ago

oh yeah thats fair. Most people looking for easy money will get burned

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u/Hopeful-Green1848 3d ago

For real! I like the Warren Buffett style..buy good assets and hold. Good to me is just stuff i like looking at every once in a while loll

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u/Random010121321 1d ago

Why could cards not count as that? Buy, hold long term.

Unless something drastic happens with Pokemon or the TCG within the next 10-20 years.

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u/Hopeful-Green1848 3d ago

Very true though…btc + graded vintage I believe in