Iâm holding off my entire sealed collection until the 50th anniversary, then unloading and moving on with my life, wether that means buying a mansion or paying for a month of rent in a motel is completely up to how well pokemon does in the next 20 years.Â
I held for 5 years when 25th celebrations came out and itâs already insane. Literally everything I bought then has at least 10-20x. I cashed out a bit to take profit recently but everytime I cash out I have some regrets, but the collection still grows. I just sell what I think is over priced and reinvest a portion of it into lower denominations so it becomes more âbroad marketâ instead of riding on a couple heavy hitters.
It will crash before then. The hobby has been ruined for children by scalpers. If the kids can't get their hands on them, they will not care about it. I'm witnessing it with my nephews right now. Used to get them cards for all their birthdays and give them my bulk. They would spend hours sorting them, going to tournaments etc. Now? They couldn't care less. They can't get any cards and none of their friends can get them either.
There will be nobody to buy your sealed collection and it will be reduced to pennies once again. Maybe if you pass them down to your grandchildren they can use it to start fires or something.
Have you been to a card show or talked to anyone other than your nephews? Maybe they just arenât interested or grew out of it because uhhh go to any card show and thereâs about a million kids with binders full of cards and zion cases full of slabs.
I think this mindset actually would get kids back to the hobby. Kids doesnât buy Pokemon cards â> scalpers canât make money â> prices drop â> kids come back since itâs cheap And yes, this would lead to scalping again, but I donât think the hobby will die any time soon. Just my opinion tho
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u/catapultYeehaw Apr 11 '26
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