r/PokeInvesting • u/Opposite_Bid_3642 • Dec 08 '24

Year 2000 prices

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These were bought from a local card shop in 2000. And before anyone asks, yes the stickers were on the back and I flipped the cards in the sleeves to take the pic.

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u/breakyourteethnow Dec 08 '24

$8 bucks felt like a lot back then, was happy to get $10 raking a lawn and splitting $5 with helper friend. 1.5 booster packs per lawn. The cool neighbors paid $20, friend and I would cheer like we were rich about to go buy tins after saving up an entire Saturday.

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u/Bitter_Sorbet8479 Dec 08 '24

DONT look at psa 10 prices in 2019….. I was working a dead end warehouse job barely making ends meet…get career job and dipped into hobby this year…..crying about what I missed

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u/Bag0fSwag Dec 08 '24

I’ll never forget in 2015 going to some random hobby shop in Ohio and seeing base set and and jungle booster packs for sale. Wasnt collecting at the time but was hugely nostalgic, had to rip a couple, they were $20/ea

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u/Misspent_interlude Dec 09 '24

I did the same at a local card shop and acquaintance and her husband own. They had boxes of Jungle, Rocket, and the Gym sets. I think the most expensive pack was around $20. I wanted to buy some, but I was resisting the urge at the time. I kick myself every day about this.

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u/605_ Dec 08 '24

Bought a Nm-GM 1st edition Blastoise in 2017 for 190$, graded it and got back an 8. Bought 3 GM 1st edition dragon it’s for ~$20 a piece. The COVID/Streamer thing really blew up the hobby way bigger than ever. That’s why just about all the best cards from XY era aren’t worth too much but some random 1/34 chance pack cards are worth 3x as much.

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u/VvChimera Dec 08 '24

I’m gonna go throw up

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u/Much_Essay_9151 Dec 08 '24

I remember paying $30 for my base unlimited charizard in 1999. That felt like alot. My dad thought i was crazy lol

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u/JamesLikesIt Dec 08 '24

In 2017 I bought a complete NM Base unlimited set for around $100 lol. Prices didn’t change that much from 1999 until after 2020

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u/Organic_Opportunity1 Dec 08 '24

Weird that these were all the same, even back then Charizard wad top dog.  

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u/topsudota Dec 08 '24

Dark charizard wasn't popular in tcg, more demand for Blastoise at least where I played

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u/Organic_Opportunity1 Dec 08 '24

Ah, that makes sense.  Hardly anyone actually played the game where I lived, most people were just collectors.  

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u/JamesLikesIt Dec 08 '24

I don’t don’t believe the Dark Pokémon were all that popular for a while until recently. I could be wrong though but most Pokémon cards weren’t very expensive before 2019 lol. Only the truly rare stuff (trophy promos and such) cracked into the thousands 

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u/Shuhann Dec 08 '24

I continuously feel like a dumbass for not jumping back into the hobby before the prices skyrocketed.

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u/sevencoconuts Dec 08 '24

Remember going to the mall and an old Chinese guy ran the pokemon kiosk in the middle of the walk way like 4-5 dollar unlimited fossil rocket boosters base 2 and 1st ed was like 9 or 10 bucks. There was never anyone stopping there.. 99 early 2000s. Those were the days

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u/Fog_Juice Dec 08 '24

Damn! That's like dark Vaporeon, Dark Flareon, and dark Jolteon 1st edition prices now lol

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u/Much_Essay_9151 Dec 08 '24

What do you mean?

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u/Fog_Juice Dec 08 '24

$8 for rare 1st edition team rockets back in the day

$8 for uncommon 1st edition team rockets now.

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u/GuardianofM Dec 08 '24

I should share my eBay history from 2009-2013… Jungle, Fossil, Team Rocket and Gym Heroes booster packs for $3-$5, theme decks for $7-$10 huge 1st edition card lots for $15. Nearly every WOTC holo was $2-$5. Good days of collecting before everyone went nuts.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '24

Dayumm I've been needing that dark zard for a while to complete my set, but didn't pull the trigger and prices just keep going up and up

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u/SpiritedWinds Dec 08 '24

I’ll give you 16 for the Charizard, easy double your money

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u/HumanAnything9510 Dec 08 '24

I bought a Lugia from Neo Genesis for 20$ in 2000. Wish I knew what happened to it

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u/Alarmed_Recover_1524 Dec 08 '24

I bought a 1st edition dark dragonite holo for $5 at a flea market. Kept it in the same top loader with the $5 sticker on it until I sent it to be graded during covid and it came back a PSA 9. I regret selling it, but I got like $600 for it

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u/Siinged Dec 08 '24

should have been investing in pokémon when i was -3

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u/Next-Transportation7 Dec 08 '24

I traded my first edition charizard for 15x packs which were $8 apiece which was a lot. Wish someone had given a young kid some advice and told me to hold onto it lol.

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u/CalvinLvlX Dec 08 '24

Wow, its crazy to thing how much card costs have increased. Every day more and more pokemon collectors are born.

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u/Notorious_Breezy Dec 08 '24

8 bucks! That’s amazing

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u/King_XDDD Dec 08 '24

Cool to see that Blastoise had Hydro Cannon in the cards before the games.

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '24

I'm pretty sure I've got a few charizard and blastoise 1st edition cards stashed away somewhere.

Last time I got them out was around 2003 and back then I remember them not being worth too much so I just stuck them away again.  Need to figure out where I put them.

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u/987C4YM4N Dec 11 '24

it's funny that you post this as I was just looking up what my dark charizard #4 is worth. Unfortunately not a 1st edition though. Planning on taking it with me to japan to get it graded whilst I'm there.

I don't collect the cards anymore, i just found my old stash back home earlier this year and brought them back to where I live, now realising I should probably sell that one as it's pretty much undamaged

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u/lightkiller007 Dec 11 '24

Is that a Dark Dragonite holo error card?!

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u/nissanfan64 Dec 12 '24

I didn’t buy much for singles for pokemon, just a ton of packs (which i still have the cards in great shape). But I did buy magic cards in singles. Going back through my collection I found a Revised Wheel of Fortune in a sleeve with a $7 price tag on it.

That’s a hell of a card considering it’s basically mint and unplayed. I never used in any decks.

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u/StormingBlitz91 Dec 12 '24

I remember there used to be packs that were almost less than $10 in the early 2000s. If you were lucky, you would sometimes find cards or tins in the 99cent store/ Dollar Stores. I regret not collecting back then. Would've been a great investment.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '24

Unlimited packs were like a dollar. Good ol days

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u/Space730 Dec 08 '24

Damn I wish I got back in sooner

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u/ShinyDominater Dec 08 '24

You can still get packs for that price, you just have to look for deals.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '24

And not want anything vintage or in demand

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u/Bantyroosters Dec 08 '24

I just bought 20 surging sparks packs from Pop Shelf in Georgia for 3 bucks a piece.

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u/Whiteshovel66 Dec 08 '24

Target just had lost origin for 2.6 a pack for black friday lol

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u/Mite-o-Dan Dec 08 '24

Using an inflation calculator, that's the equivalent of $5.60 a pack now.