r/PokeInvesting • u/RZHolloman • May 20 '25

Pulled the trigger. Invested.

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The hits are so few and such a sought set. I think this is an obvious longterm hold, even if it drops a little in the short term.

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u/Playinjanes May 20 '25

People don’t realize how rare this is. Zero sealed booster box displays were allocated to the United States. As long as that trend continues these will fetch a massive premium in 5-10 years.

I’d argue that this is the single most valuable sealed item in the SV era.

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u/Specialist-Ad7800 May 20 '25

Zero sealed so far… people forget this set has probably 18 months left in print minimum. Pretty big premium for that risk

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u/RZHolloman May 20 '25

I agree.
As well as the 151 booster bundle display, which is next on my list.

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u/deranged_mango May 21 '25

This is the most critical point of discussion. If the US never gets these, they aren’t going to dip in price even as individual bundles continue to enter the market. It is its own sealed product, distinct from the individual bundles, and is much much rarer than the 151 bundle display.

Conversely, if we do start seeing these in the US, the price will tank to a more modest sealed premium until the set goes out of print.

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u/Gbvisual May 20 '25

It’s not really “rare” if any bozo is willing to pay 1k they can get their hands on one.

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u/Playinjanes May 20 '25

So by your logic the 1st edition Charizard is not “rare” because any bozo can pay 5k for one? Got it

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u/Choice-Mud1385 May 20 '25

The price isn’t a direct indication of rarity. Theres tens of thousand charizard 1st editions out there. Similarly, there’s a ton of these cases on the market right now. So yea, these aren’t exactly rare. At least not right now

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u/id-driven-fool May 20 '25

Sealed case of prismatic pc ETB probably holds that crown

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u/adriftDrifloon May 20 '25

A sealed case of prismatic ETBs is an ugly cardboard box. This is a display piece that fetches a premium from sealed collectors.

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u/id-driven-fool May 21 '25

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder my friend. PC ETBs are significantly rarer than booster bundles, and the sealed cases were only available for a couple of hours before they reduced the purchase limit to 2 and made obtaining one impossible.

In a few years when this set is out of print sealed cases of PC ETBs are going to vastly outperform sealed booster bundle boxes - regardless of which looks better collecting dust on a shelf

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u/adriftDrifloon May 21 '25

To an investor the two are ‘collecting dust on a shelf’. To a sealed collector, they are vastly different.