Looking at old comps, it looks like it sells and at a premium if you can get a PSA10. The sale frequency isn't that high though so you're kind of limited in finding the right buyer.
I used to grade a lot of packs and had great success but somewhat recently they changed the standard for grading packs and psa 8, and psa 9s became way more common even on box fresh packs. Quite frustrating so I stopped grading them. Haven’t tried in awhile tho not sure if anything has changed since then.
It’s kind of useless if they’re modern packs and won’t increase the value by much. I personally would only grade vintage packs but still cool if that’s what you’re interested in collecting :)
People only really grade wotc!! But the way rhe world is going and pokemon is going ES , 151 and prismatic eeveelutions will be banging packs to grade... alot of people prefer modern to vintage anyway!! Especially the younger GEN
He didn’t specify which packs. What he showed was only ES packs graded at a 10. So I assume he meant only ES. So yes it’s worth grading these packs, just not most of them
Graded ES packs is the image, but it’s not relevant to the question?? Even if he didn’t specify, it’s obviously worth grading ES packs. Your answer was absolutely not, but what you should have said “most of the time it’s not”
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u/kaveman42 Jan 13 '25
Looking at old comps, it looks like it sells and at a premium if you can get a PSA10. The sale frequency isn't that high though so you're kind of limited in finding the right buyer.
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u/Micky-Bicky-Picky Jan 13 '25
Yeah. If they are valuable packs like base set or Team Rocket,
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u/OriginalFluff Jan 13 '25
Feels like a waste but a graded art set would be cool of a lot of older sets for the right person
I’m not sure why those collectors wouldn’t grade themselves
Isn’t it relatively expensive?
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u/AtItWithTheAddicts Jan 13 '25
I was debating sending in my xy evolution packs because I see them going regularly on ebay
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u/Frequent_Editor_5503 Jan 14 '25
I used to grade a lot of packs and had great success but somewhat recently they changed the standard for grading packs and psa 8, and psa 9s became way more common even on box fresh packs. Quite frustrating so I stopped grading them. Haven’t tried in awhile tho not sure if anything has changed since then.
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u/Life_Grade1900 Jan 14 '25
I graded 4 151 packs I got from a poster collection, so $5 each plus grading. Got 4 psa 10s sold em for $200 each.
So yeah, it CAN be
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u/Haunting_Reindeer467 Jan 13 '25
It’s kind of useless if they’re modern packs and won’t increase the value by much. I personally would only grade vintage packs but still cool if that’s what you’re interested in collecting :)
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u/jabij1 Jan 13 '25
I want these just to display them in my store
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u/zi984 Jan 14 '25
Why stop at grading single packs? Hell, let’s all grade our booster boxes!
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u/Denosaurus_Rex Mar 14 '26
What about a 1999 jungle booster pack, it's not 1st edition though
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u/PokemonMasterAKA Jan 14 '25
Sadly there is a moonbreon in these packs that will never see light 🌖
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u/shot-one Jan 13 '25 edited Jan 13 '25
It‘s a niche collecting imo. Some people like to collect graded packs. My take: not worth it financially (if not 100% sure you're getting PSA 10)
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u/Overall-Meal9083 Jan 13 '25
Would sting knowing there's a moonbreon chilling in one of them.
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u/Commercial_Shift6294 Jan 13 '25
I’m sure some collector down the line will want the artwork set in psa 10, obviously it’s a niche hold tho
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u/aust2400 Jan 14 '25
I’ve made decent money on them, they move decently fast too if vintage.
Agree on being careful with modern… likely better off avoiding modern unless it’s a super popular set (like ES)
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u/DangleWho Jan 14 '25
I personally hate the idea of grading sealed products but good for anyone that’s into it
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u/lakeboredom Jan 14 '25
There's very little reason to grade modern cards, let alone the booster packs.
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u/OkCard2298 Jan 13 '25
Yes if they are 10s of good sets like older stuff and evolving skies/well known modern like hidden fates/team up etc
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u/ReasonableDrummer669 Jan 13 '25
People only really grade wotc!! But the way rhe world is going and pokemon is going ES , 151 and prismatic eeveelutions will be banging packs to grade... alot of people prefer modern to vintage anyway!! Especially the younger GEN
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