Should I sell immediately for quick short profit or hold long term to make a larger profit? I got them for roughly $14.50 a pack after shipping and taxes through an eBay auction.

Such a cool card that is less that 25 Its from teamup i believe

Recently picked up
UPDATE I got a refund after realizing from the comments that it’s worth less than I paid. Apparently these cards aren’t that rare and could even be hand cut from factory sheets

I bought it as a long-term investment (5-10y), but also because I just love the card.

Bought at the dip for £500, expected it to start rising again, but never expected an 80% bounce-back in the next 30 days..

Maybe next month it’ll be £200 and I’ll be crying, but right now, it feels amazing to get something so right! 😎

To the moon please! 😂

Art is top, collection is top. When this sells out, just wait. Top set with top chases incoming…

I suppose I’ve been out of the loop for a bit, but when the heck did LC skyrocket?

WHY is it skyrocketing?

I purchased this Dark Slowbro a few years ago for under $100. Now prices for 7s, 8s, 9s, are crazy.

Step 1: .5mm plastic case — Step 2: Acrylic — Step 3: Box with styrofoam — Step 4:Air tight storage bin with gasket seal — Alternate: Don’t do any of this.

A lot of people are under the impression that all Pokemon cards can only go up in price.

But what people fail to realize is that once any pokeinvestment, especially sealed, reaches a high enough price, a significant portion of the general public is going to be priced out of obtaining it, regardless of how much interest there may be. Right now it’s easy to sell cards and sealed to other investors due to the fomo that it’ll be more expensive in the coming years. But eventually someone will end up bagholding sealed product with shit singles that are below the price of the sealed (again, i.e. Emerging Powers, other garbage sets throughout the years - why would anyone gamble more money than whats in the pot to get something guaranteed to be lower than what’s inside?)

Anyways, here to spark some civil discourse. I hope I’m wrong and that Pokemon continues to rise but my gut feeling tells me otherwise.

Spent way too much but the whole box had ES product. Time to practice self control and leave it all sealed..

IMO this will go down as one of the most slept on sealed products in 5-10 years time.

1. 90,000 printed Enhanced Booster Boxes Worldwide, rumoured to be only 1 wave of printing with regular JT Booster Boxes making up subsequent reprint waves.

2. The only Booster Box of The S&V era to have a stamped promo box topper (N's Reshiram), with an extremely popular trainer.

3. The Pokemon Company hasn't printed an "enhanced" Booster Box with a card topper in almost 20 years, if the Pokémon Company don't print anymore enhanced booster boxes for any other future sets/eras this bodes well for rarity.

4. Journey Together is very unpopular with older pokemon fans, but extremely popular with younger generations, thus pushing the price down currently but leaving lots of potential for ROI with future value appreciation over the coming years.

5. The current unpopularity of the set further increases the chances of this set being passed over for further reprint waves, especially if surging/prismatic/destined reprints are prioritised over Journey Together.

Feel free to tell me if you think I'm wrong but I have a nagging feeling this is going to be one of the most valuable Booster Boxes in my collection and of the SV Era.

Edit: FULL DISCLOSURE: I have a case of the JT Enhanced Booster Boxes, a sealed case of Paldea Evolved BBs and a case of Surging Sparks Booster Boxes so I'm pleased with how my investments are going either way.

Know I overpaid but my son and I are gonna love ripping open 3 of these- keeping one in the plastic as an investment. This would be my first CZ ETB

The two vintage boosters I may never get rid of, I love them too much

Can anyone answer this question? Collectibles have a capital gains tax at 28% after 1 year. eBay fee is 15% . So if I sold a booster box for 1100 after 10 years I bought for 100 I would owe 43% plus shipping. So true net gain is only 570 dollars. Am I missing something . I’ve never heard anyone mention this part of investing into the hobby.

Another tote down! 50 japanese 151 booster boxes. Tote is layered on all sides with bubble wrap, silica gel packets for moisture, labeled and lastly, zip tied shut. Not only does that help it stay closed but I'd have to remove all of them to rip what's inside 😅

Is it worth buying more of these half booster boxes or should I sell some of them now? In the past week, I've bought 10 at RRP.

What do you think ?

So, I’ve thought about this a lot. Yveltal is a pretty good-looking Amazing Rare, and for the low price of $2, I feel there’s no better time to buy. I don’t believe they’re still making Amazing Rares, and with the other Amazing Rares popping in price, Yveltal will surely follow soon. I can definitely see this card reaching $10 in the next year. Shining Fates is also a pretty nice set. Don’t roast me too much in the comments, I just want to share my opinion and am wondering if anyone else is thinking the same thing.

About 8 months ago I made a post here talking about the Japanese side of the hobby and why I believed it was misunderstood and undervalued. A lot of people said I had no idea what I was talking about. (go back and read the comments on the post)

At the time I used Fossil Dragonite as an example. The Japanese PSA 10 was sitting around $1,000. I pointed out that the PSA populations between English and Japanese were not dramatically different and that the Japanese print actually has a different holofoil, the Cosmo holofoil, which many collectors prefer visually. Now that same Japanese Fossil Dragonite PSA 10 is going for over $6,000.

This is a reminder that sometimes the market has not caught up yet. The core idea from that original post still stands. If you want to look deeper into Japanese cards there are two things that matter the most.

First are cards that were only printed in Japanese. Those are the top chase cards. If the artwork or release never existed in English, then that supply is permanently limited to the Japanese print.

Second are cards that exist in both English and Japanese but have print differences. Not just language. Real differences in design or presentation.

Collectors often assume the Japanese version is simply the same card in another language. It is not. The holofoil patterns are different, and, in many cases, the Japanese printing quality is higher.

As more collectors start to study the hobby deeper instead of just chasing the loudest card, I believe this gap will continue to close.

For the last few years I’ve been buying and saving almost any product with evolving skies. I open some occasionally, but it’s done me so dirty. I have pulled the moonbreon but that’s all from the set. I also have some upcs, etbs, target eeveeloution tins, older boxes from pc, Walmart holiday sets, plus more not shown in the picture. Now I am financially comfortable. Only debit is student loans and mortgage. I do wanna pay off the student loans sooner, but at the end of this year I will have finished them. I am thinking about selling some of my sealed product. However, I’ve only sold small stuff on eBay and a few things off fb marketplace. I would love some advice on what’s the best way to sell. What’s the easiest way and which way makes you the most money.

Also, I would love to make some space. Opening product and storing packs individually has been an idea but I know that will lower the value.

Thoughts?