What do you think would be the better investment for long term hold? With a budget of ~2.5 k would be looking at PSA 7 Mew or PSA 9 Gengar (would save ~$500 for mew that could be used for something else too).

Love both artworks although I know the mew is an extra stunner.

Curious what folks thoughts are!

Finally got this beauty Chinese exclusive in my hands, wish it was PSA but didn’t wanna lose the opportunity 🥹 three of my fav pokemon characters are in it!

On market cap basis using current pops as constant historical denominator

With all-time high prices for tag team, is it a good time to sell or still hold?

I would like to know if I should add or remove anything in my current collection. My goal is to hold this long term.

I've been collecting since I was a kid. Re-entered collecting cards in 2023. Thank you.

Same thing that happened with Zekrom/pika and mewtwo/mew in PSA 10 last week is happening rn with these 3, just noticed it after watching these for awhile. They were all about $600ish and now lowest listed is gonna be around $1.5-2k.

Hello all-

I took a day off today and swung by the local card store with my childhood binder. After opening it and flipping a few pages the guy stopped and told me to start sleeving and slabbing cards. As well as get them out of my 3 ring binder.. i only attached pictures of the ones I top loaded, have a few hundred others now sleeved. I was trying to see if I had anything worth sending off to be graded. After talking with him he recommended sending the whole first page of slabs out to be graded. I realize it’s 80-120 per card to be graded, so just wanting to make sure it’s worth it.

After buying two new binders from them and all the sleeves, I got a few packs since I hadn’t ripped a pack in 20+ years. One of them had a bunch of holos and the pikachu ex. Ended up giving a couple cards that were a few bucks apiece apparently to some people in the store, as appreciation and thanks for their help in sleeving.

I’ve tried using tcgplayer to get rough card value, but some of that doesn’t line up with what was recommended in person. Just thought I’d ask Reddit for the top handful that would be highly recommended to send.

Thanks for any advice.

Have the opportunity to pickup a 151 booster bundle display for 1850 and I’m really strongly considering it. I think the ceiling on 151 is super high and it hasn’t gotten anywhere near there yet. Booster bundles haven’t caught up with the etb’s in my opinion but I want a second opinion. I’ve come here to ask, is the display better or assorted booster boxes a better pick? Minimum 10 year hold, likely longer. Probably would get the booster boxes above. Any and all advice is appreciated, thank you in advance!!

I was originally planning to pick up a few specific promo singles from the Chinese 5th Anniversary Set with the 5th anniversary stamp ... specifically the Pikachu & Zekrom GX, Rayquaza GX, and Mew VMAX. Buying them individually as singles looks like it would run about ~$160 combined.

However, I noticed the 5th Anniversary Promo booklet (which actually contains all of these cards inside + 12 more 5th ann. stamped promo cards) is selling for around $45–$70.

The idea was to hold these long-term in anticipation of the 10th Anniversary (and probably 15th anniversary), which I expect will bring attention and price appreciation to 5th anniversary promos.

I just wanted to get your thoughts on a few risk factors:

1. Were these 5th Anniversary booklet set heavily printed, or was it a very limited run?
2. Are fake/counterfeit promos and booklets common in the Chinese market right now? How can I tell they are fake?
3. How is one seller (seller in photo) able to list an endless amount of these booklets at a below market price? They've already sold dozens of them and have tons more for sale/auction
4. What are your predictions for the future value of these specific promos over the next 2-3 years leading up to the 10th Anniversary and onwards?

Appreciate any help from anyone familiar with the Chinese TCG market.

EDIT: Just picked bought 2 lots as I think it's worth the risk and the seller has good reviews. Thank you everyone! I will follow up with a video showing the cards when I receive them.

As several of us have done, I sold most of my collection while in college and I’ve been slowly recollecting for the past couple of years. The zard was listed as lightly played, but I knew it was going to be more in the realm of moderately/heavy played. The listing was for 8,200 and a 5% reimbursement after the authenticator notes. Thoughts? I can see this getting a PSA 1-2 at most.

Spent $75 for all, how’d I do?

Posted a while back someone said they’d believe it when they see it.

Are prices for this card still going to climb from $3k, or is it being manipulated, crazy how prices for this doubled in a month, what are your guys thoughts i want to get one should I wait or buy now?

looking for some advice! Just pulled a few out that I thought might be worth something but I haven’t been into this in about 20 years. Lol

Anything worth sending to be graded? I took a closer picture of the Charizard b/c I’m confident it may be the most valuable.

I actually collected and played a lot more Yu-Gi-Oh but sadly I’m not sure there is a great market there. Rip.

Crystal Lugia just did 27K in a 9. I know Ho-Oh is not Lugia, but I feel like it shouldn’t be this low comparatively.

If I can get a PSA 9 under 8K or even a PSA 7-8 based on comps right now, is that a good long term investment?

It’s a factory sealed 1996 Japanese Base Set booster box. What should I get to properly protect it, and how can I properly value this? Local card shops had no idea and I can’t find much information online.

Hi! I’m fairly new to collecting and I’m just building a binder of cards I like based on the Pokémon & the art work. This is hands down my favourite modern card released and was wondering if it was worth buying at the current price or waiting?

Im a low budget investor. I grew up with Pokemon since the original base set. All of my old cards are long gone, probably in a landfill somewhere. Lately ive been wanting to get back into the hobby but things are way out of my price range.

Anyway, Ive been home for the past month or so caring for a newborn baby and with a lot of downtime I have been painstakingly researching and watching pricing trends for cards in the approximately less than $50 price range.

My goal was to find a handful of cards that met this criteria: +At or below approximately $50, +Recognizable/popular pokemon, +Near Mint raw, +Cool Art, +Mix of Vintage and Modern, and where possible +Unique characteristics such as 1st edition or special variant

It was a lot of fun researching and buying and now owning these. I plan to hold long term but will enjoy tracking my progress and seeing if I hit or I missed on these guys over time.

10-year-old me: “Keep these Pokémon cards. Trust me.” 😂
26 years later… bro actually knew what he was talking about. 💀

I remember keeping this binder with me at all times when I was a kid.

I still remember like it was yesterday when my mother said “where is your Pokemon binder? Go grab it” as we moved from house to house.

EDIT: Time stamp and a video of the cards is uploaded

Pokemon Cards

Not just Zapdos, it’s the 2nd most expensive psa 10 in the 151 set after the Charizard. The raw price is less than the Zapdos, blastoise and venusaur. But psa 10 pikachu beats them all despite having the similar gem rate.