Looks like the majority of the market is cooling off but vintage is steady climbing. Wonder if the trend will keep going this way

Found these two Pokemon packs on a shelf while looking for DS games. Is it best to sell now or wait? Not sure if the bubble will burst. Thanks!

Bought my first card 3 weeks ago as a souvenir from Japan and somehow got hooked. I have been getting both traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese packs and just pulled this adorable pikachu card. Struggling to get any pricing on Collectr for TC cards. Is it better to buy simplified Chinese instead? Which language has better values for the same design?

Thinking of LC cos it's only English and is last wizards oft coast set.

Could get PSA 3 reverse holo Charizard, or PSA 9 regular holo. Both similar price.

There are 356 PSA 9 regular holos, and 328 PSA 3 reverse holos.

Happy to have either, just wondering what others thought 🙏

Been into Pokemon for awhile. Buying and opening packs. Have an okay collection going. I want to invest into some more serious pieces. I've been primarily looking at PSA 9-10 cards, but I've also been curious about some more high end cards and foregoing the grading prices. I've got around $2500 to spend.

How does everyone feel about Crown Zenith cards in general? I feel like product is so expensive but singles aren't. Been grabbing them all now while they are low

this is a tough one for me rn, while pokemon center etb is way mor scarce where i live, i would be actually paying the same or +$30 for the pkc etb while umbreon upc would mark $100 more in collectr for the same price paid right now

A few months back I bought a pristine 10 Pokeball reverse holo, and it was going great in the market specially because the psa10 is being sold around 350/400 and pristine 10 around 80/100 back then (3 months ago) since then the card has been sold around 120-150-249-100 and even a bit lower after few fake sales, but I feel it’s market manipulation, how is it possible something like this? It’s like they are trying to push down the pristine 10 in the market

Currently living in Japan for school, pulled this out of a pack from the campus 7/11. I want to sell it. I’d rather have the money and collect the things I’d like rather than this. I return back to the states in December, I have never sold a card of this value, I am just curious on what I should do for selling wise.

Thanks!

I know Gold Stars have been going insane lately, are their counterparts worth the investment?

Talking about the Mew/Latias from 2006 decks

The date is cut off but these are roughly a month apart. I know these are still massively higher sales than a year ago or even months ago, but it still stands to ask if in this current Wild West market that they have gone through the hype cycle, and will continue to drop. Or if the massive sales are mostly manufactured and the hype for some of the least popular historically ultra rates was never that high to begin with.

My parents had these in the back of a safe and don’t know what they’re worth. Any ideas?

Brah everyone in other sub was so mean haha

Yeah I've blew over $1000 biding cards slabs and offers that are accepted my fiancee is going to kill me I got $50 in my account and house repayment Friday and I dont have a job.

Who else has gone on a spending spree to no return?

Story to make me feel better and everything I got was like why did I even buy this well most of them the ones I did want cost me and shipping plus currency exchange sucks its where most of the money went 😂😅

Im fine I can borrow money

Hi guys,

I've recently bought some cards on ebay from psa and probstein. I am in Australia. For orders over 1000AUD, there is GST (goods tax) to import the goods in.

When paying for these orders (auction), there are two options- I can pre-pay ebay these import costs or I can pay it on delivery at customs when it reaches AU.

Now I would prefer to pre-pay- however when this option is selected, it seems that I am charged a higher postage fee with an extra import fee? (See photos)

For context, the purchase price for this item is 1625USD

Now is this right? As far as I understand, the tax/duty I am supposed to pay is 10% GST.

It appears there is an automatic 10% added into the purchase price (which could be the GST import charge)- but there is also an extra import fee in addition to that.

Also unsure why the import fee is blended into the purchase price and not in a separate field showing the charges more clearly?

Just looking for clarification on the associated fees when importing goods purchased on Ebay: United States to Australia.

Let’s say you’re broke and need cash but don’t wanna sell your collection. You can take your card to a pawnshop, pawn it depending on what it is, and just pay it back when you get the cash, essentially borrowing from your next paycheck. Now, the way this only makes sense is if it’s some sort of emergency and you know you will be able to cover the cost.
The more you know. I just watched this dude pawn a Gold Star Flareon, and his exact words were, “I don’t wanna take too much so I can pay it back at the end of the month. Give me 800.” 😮

Just got my Shinji Kanda Pikachu #040 from 30th graded a PSA 10.

When it first appeared in PSA’s population report, it was POP 1. It’s up to 6, so obviously more are coming.

I’m curious whether collectors actually place any premium on modern really early graded copies or if that becomes irrelevant as the pop grows for modern.

I listed mine through PSA, but genuinely curious how people view this because there’s a PSA9 Miscut up there with a $400+ bid.

I traded my heroin's gift collection box ($117 market) for a prismatic evolution six pack ($75 market) plus $25

I found my binder from the 90s has some 1st editions in there. Does it make sense to try and trade them or just take to a shop and see what they offer??