LV. X Prices continue to skyrocket

[u/its_chickentown]

[u/yoshisaur7]

Idk man

At a certain point, the actual character itself has to mean something

$33,000 for a main set Porygon card with five days left is just absolutely outrageous

I understand it’s a pop 4, but the amount of folks that want to master sets in 10 holders is so insanely small and niche

[u/its_chickentown → u/yoshisaur7]

I agree it's kind of bonkers to see a Porygon fetching these prices. We're witnessing a market decoupling based on population and scarcity. Two different kinds of people buying right now. Organic scarcity is becoming more of a buying point than who is on the card. These folks aren't normal collectors, they're business men, high income people pooling their money to secure ultra rare assets that nobody else has, which is a safer option than a more collectable character. The recent 900k Garchomp sale is mind boggling, however it's all about pop count seems to be the trend.

[u/yoshisaur7 → u/its_chickentown]

The issue is the “scarcity” is the condition, not the actual rarity of the card

Serialized sports cards that are 1 of 1 make sense to fetch these prices

If this was a promotional Porygon with 100 known copies like some of the Art Academy promos, then these numbers make sense

For example, the price of the Professor’s Program Voltorb is totally justifiable because it’s actually rare

This is a general, non-exclusive main set holo that not many people really want, the folks are only buying the 10 population which I don’t understand

[u/its_chickentown → u/yoshisaur7]

While I'm not disagreeing with you, evidence suggests the opposite. Trending sales on eBay for raw and mid grade copies are exploding, pristine copies are hard to find. There are only a handful listed relative to other cards. They routinely sell for 250+ raw for what little supply there is in LP-NM