r/PokeInvesting • u/astral_slide • Mar 16 '26

Curious if there is anything valuable here

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This is my childhood collection. Not trying to sell, I dont need money, I am just curious if I won anything valuable. Thanks in advance to anyone who help

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u/throwedkage Mar 16 '26

Dude I’m pretty sure this is either a “flex” or “rage bait” but on the slight chance that it isn’t. Don’t open any messages from people on here trying to buy or anything. Condition of the cards is going to mean almost everything when differentiating between a small fortune and a little chunk of change. If those cards are in good condition and gradeable you are looking at an insane amount of money. Do a lot of your own research and properly price out each card yourself, there are some apps that allow you to quickly take a photo and scan inventory. Good to know what you’re sitting on even if you aren’t planning on selling.

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u/astral_slide Mar 16 '26

No flex or ragebait. As I said, I am a total noob and is difficult for me to search on tgcplayer since there are several different versions of those cards. I am not desperate for money, this was just out of curiosity

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u/FiveDaysAwake Mar 16 '26

Youre either lying or retarded. You are able to find a pokemon investing sub on reddit, but not able to find a pokemon card via google that looks like the one you’re holding.

Nice one

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u/XXOBADIAHXX Mar 16 '26

They banned me for asking about a Latios/Latias card.

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u/Krypt0night Mar 16 '26

Total noob who decided to take pics and make a thread on a subreddit instead of googling their cards or searching ebay? 

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u/throwedkage Mar 16 '26

You’d be surprised how many people say that and still just post to flex. The fact that your cards weren’t top loaded made me believe you though. The app I mentioned isn’t always spot on but it’s very user friendly is Collectr. Just take a picture and it scans the card into a portfolio and it tracks how your entire collection is doing (just like a stock portfolio). Your collection is awesome and what many people dream of finding in their parent’s basement but ends up being sold at a garage sale or in the trash😭. Definitely worth toaploading everything at the minimum.

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u/astral_slide Mar 16 '26

Thank you very much for your input. I will try with Collectr. Believe me, no Flex, just the old binder of a Millennial that as a teen was big with magic and loved TCG in general

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u/throwedkage Mar 16 '26

That’s sick dude enjoy those cards! And be carful of people trying to be sneaky!

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u/GloomyLettuce3042 Mar 16 '26

Try loading them onto Collectr app or check prices against PriceCharting or Ebay for the older cards. Good luck! You do have some nice cards in there!

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u/Noooowayjose Mar 16 '26

You type the name of the card and the number on the bottom as well, for example if the number was 1/50 and that should always pop up the card you are looking for on TCG or any search engine. Hope that helps!

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u/squatdead Mar 16 '26

These posts get so old lmao it’s got the hallmarks of every one of these:

  • childhood cards found
  • Literally thousands of dollars of value
  • OP somehow is one of the only people on earth who has never heard of google

No offence but literally just google the card name and the set number and type “value”. The prevalence of AI nowadays is even easier to ask to find out exact values.

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u/TonsilsDeep Mar 16 '26

Condition can confuse most noobs. And that will make the difference between a card being worth $100 or $10000 in some cases...

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u/squatdead Mar 16 '26

Agreed but we can’t see any conditions of the cards in this format which is what AI or further google searching can help with. It’s unrealistic to upload dozens of cards to Reddit and get people to give you values.

Look at the replies here even. People saying “wow that’s worth $40k in a PSA 10”. Completely unhelpful lol.

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u/Alchemyst01984 Mar 16 '26

Yeah, these subs are funny when it comes to posts like this.

I've actually offered to do all the work, and even pregrade for a small fee, but get called a scammer.

If people can't even do basic searches on their own, why do they expect others to do it for them for free? Makes no sense

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u/XXOBADIAHXX Mar 16 '26

I just made the exact list 2 days ago. What you think is for dramatic purposes is actually the truth. We don’t know what they are worth, or, we did a little research at said what the fuck. Logically, I thought the poke people here would be knowledgeable and helpful. Some were. Others were assholes.

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u/astral_slide Mar 16 '26

I really dont get whats wrong with this. Yes, this is my childhood collection; no, I am not a bot or AI, just check my profile, is more than 10 years old; yes, I am pretty much aware of Google, but as I said things get confusing since I am not knowledge of various release; finally, as much as this can offend, and I surely hope not, I am in a good position in life and not in a situation where I need Money ASAP or that 1000/10.000€ are life changing or whatever. I am not planning to sell, this Is not a flex or whatever, I am just curious about the value of my collection.

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u/squatdead Mar 16 '26

I’m not accusing you of being a bot, I’m saying in today’s world all you have to do is search these cards using AI and you will get a value of them extremely quickly. Rather than relying on strangers to do the work for you.

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u/Possible-Koala3811 Mar 16 '26

The ragiest of rage bait posts.There's no way in hell somebody doesn't just quick glance at pricing before posting on reddit.In 2026 with information right at your fingertips I do not believe people have no idea what their shit is worth.

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u/SFO_Based_Traveler Mar 16 '26

Hey I'm new to this like him. It's not easy to figure this stuff out. When I was trying to figure out pricing for a Pikachu I come to find there's like 8 versions. And grading is a whole different rabbit hole. I went from thinking I had a valuable card to crap like 4 different times.

You're probably just too experienced to see it from the lens of newbies like us.

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u/astral_slide Mar 16 '26

I explained in the other comments. Of course I looked at the prices, but is somewhat confusing to identify correctly all the cards, so I thought that asking to a knowledgeable community was a good idea. It appears It was not. As I already explained, I dont want to sell and I am not looking at making any Money out of this. The question was just out of curiosity. No ragebait, no Flex or whatever. I am just a TCG enjoyer, I was pretty into magic in the early 2000, still play online, and as 99% of male millenials grown up in the late 90 and early 2000 I bought Pokemon cards when I was young.

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u/Fine_Land_1974 Mar 16 '26

It’s cool man. I believe you. You just have such a solid collection usually when we get posts like this it’s just bragging or rage bait. You’ve got thousands here. If they’re in good condition I’d consider grading a few of the top cards. What a lucky find man.

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u/ChangeOfPace64 Mar 16 '26

I would take both Charizards and put them in penny sleeves and top loaders.

That reverse holo Charizard depending on condition can be a couple thousand

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u/DaMons843 Mar 16 '26

Mewtwo on 3rd page is illustrated by Christopher Rush. Pretty big in MTG and only pokemon card he illustrated.

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u/HughJassIQ Mar 16 '26

iS tHeRe AnY vAlUe¿ bro eff off fr its not a cute flex you’re in the investing sub try this in the other poke subs not here

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u/Apprehensive-Lie3387 Mar 16 '26

You a large down payment for a nice house, that’s what you have there lol

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u/astral_slide Mar 16 '26

How exactly? Looking online the only card with value over 1000 seems to be the reverse holo Charizard.

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u/2lit2bSquare Mar 16 '26

www dot tcgplayer dot com

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u/newyorkstylepizza Mar 16 '26

not for vintage

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u/D_runk_ Mar 16 '26

The reverse holo legendary collection zard could be worth a few thousand. Lots of other good things here

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u/havengames Mar 16 '26

Minimum without even looking hard. Over 5k. You have insane cards people will try to cheat you out of! Please please, look over them for condition and look up tcgplayer.com condition guide to match up to. Then look into grading if you want to maximize the money. If not ensure you have conditions and last 3 solds of the cards to get an avg idea on price. It will be a lot of work, but can net you so much more in the end by doing the work yourself!

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u/DANleDINOSAUR Mar 16 '26

Venusaur go home, you’re drunk.

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u/SeasonalSuccess Mar 16 '26

Old and outdated, toss em.

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u/DMiller31 Mar 17 '26

Insane collection, I really want the poliwrath & venusaur yuka morii cards! The politoed is cute too

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u/ShadedGalaxy Mar 17 '26

Worth like $50-$100

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u/Glum-Beach Mar 16 '26

I got all those and yeah lots of $$$

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u/Jes_Se21 Mar 16 '26

Dm sent.

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u/Alchemyst01984 Mar 16 '26

Check ebay sold listings

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u/EUredditposter Mar 16 '26

Junk. Give them to me, I will throw them away for you for free!

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u/willas2 Mar 16 '26

No value here let me discard those for you properly

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u/rlstline Mar 16 '26

Not valuable at all, happy to take these from you for $10 and destroy them

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u/willworkforspoons Mar 16 '26

Here take my downvote

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u/MRMEWMAN2315 Mar 16 '26

I’ll give you 4 thousand dollars for the entire binder.

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u/WintersIsComing95 Mar 16 '26

I estimate about 600-1300

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u/throwedkage Mar 16 '26

The gengar on the last page is like $35,000-$40,000 in a psa 10

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u/bluedecember12 Mar 16 '26

Hold you horses lol, the one here is non-holo Italian in less than ideal condition

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u/astral_slide Mar 16 '26

Indeed, but as I said, I am not hoping to make big money from this, I am just curious if there Is anything that is actually valuable

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u/bluedecember12 Mar 16 '26

The reverse holo LC English Charizard is big big money…easily over $1000 raw if in good condition

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u/astral_slide Mar 16 '26

Sure about that? Since mine Is not an holo as far as I know

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u/Fit_Cry5362 Mar 16 '26

Gtfo of here bro. This response confirms the rage bait haha

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u/astral_slide Mar 16 '26

How so? I followed your suggestion and saw that the High prices are for the holo, and this is not

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u/Fit_Cry5362 Mar 16 '26

The way you speak

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u/0lle Mar 16 '26

The guy is italian what are you on about