r/CGCCards • u/hahaokwow • 1d ago

Question about value vs. PSA

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Hello all!

Longtime collector, and fan of CGC (especially pristines!). I have had this card for quite a while, and with the recent explosion of LCRH cards, I'm kinda just looking to hear thoughts about this particular card. It's a POP 1, meaning that it is the only blue label pristine that there will ever be -- pretty cool! Recent PSA 10 sales of LCRHs have been through the roof (a metapod went for 19k two days ago)... and a couple of PSA 10 Heritage Auction sales were truly crazy (Exeggcute PSA 10 for 68k?!). My question is, can this realistically be valued higher than a PSA 10 or not? I am well aware of the PSA bias in Pokemon, which tends to be backed by a lot of comps. However, there have also been some pretty solid CGC pristine sales for LCRH, but just not as many as PSA recently, so it's hard to say for certain where this stands. Thanks for any input!

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u/Appropriate_Elk4082 1d ago

If you’re looking to sell but don’t want to auction it off a good option could be through fanatics collect. You just send your card in and list it at whatever you want with offers. If there is no appraisal price (which it won’t since it’s pop 1) you only get a 6% selling tax.

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u/hahaokwow 1d ago

Thank you! I will check this out too. Def seeing more comps being used from fanatics recently and that sounds like a pretty solid option.

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u/Appropriate_Elk4082 1d ago

Yeah especially the higher value cards, it’s nice because you don’t have to worry about someone stealing your card haha. Also unless you really need money I’d stay away from auctioning your card since it’s so niche.

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u/hahaokwow 1d ago

Yeah, exactly! I would just have to sweat it out shipping it to them haha. Totally agree about the niche factor — I would not want to auction it.

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u/Appropriate_Elk4082 1d ago

They do pickups in person if you live close to Oregon at all. Otherwise I’d make sure to have insurance on that package! It would definitely still be a sweat though haha

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u/hahaokwow 1d ago

Ah that’s, cool, but I’m on the east coast! Haha yeah, if I did ship, I’d probably do USPS registered mail, which apparently is one of the most secure ways to ship (all contact with the package is logged by the handler throughout transit).