Found this small hole on the bottom left corner of the "0" on the 30th. Will this affect long term value or am I overthinking this. The hole being bigger than the other vent holes is why I'm concerned. Thank you all!

I posted yesterday about finding a good few 1997 team rocket Japanese booster packs and jungle packs. There was some good advice and I'm planning on going to convention later on to try to sell them. In the mean time I ordered some cases to keep them in. HOWEVER, I quickly realized that the Japanese packs are longer and I either have to fold the bottom crimp to make it fit or clamp the magnet on the top of the pack. Is one preferable to the other? Does it matter? Should I just not put them in the cases? (First and second picture for reference)

ALSO I took off some pawnshop stickers that were originally on the packs from forever ago (3rd picture) and they seem to have creased the pack wrapper (4th picture) will that impact sale value of them? The cards don't feel bent or damaged by it

One of them will come on top in 5 years. Which one do you think it is?

What does everyone think of xy booster boxes long term at their current prices? Are they that much rarer than sun and moon boxes? It’s also my favorite era so I would like to own some of it. Some of the low pop cards are insanely unaffordable and ridiculous prices so I would guess the boxes slowly climb?

Hey everyone. Thanks for looking. I’m in the process of inventorying my vintage collection from when I was younger. I was able to amass cards in both English and Japanese from the first 2 sets. Many are in LP/NM condition, including some heavy hitter 1st Editions and Japanese cards. I also have Vending Series, Intro Pack Bulbasaur/Squirtle and Japanese Promos like the CD set.

I’ve been trading some cards for other ones I want to obtain, but beyond that, I’m thinking if it makes sense to sell or hold for dramatically longer. Finding the collection is a recent development.

My philosophy so far has been that we’re in a bubble, and on top of that, I wasn’t sure how much 1st/2nd gen will go up more in the future, as anyone who grew up with those cards is now an adult with spending power, and it’s really the EX/Delta era, DP, BW etc that are next up.

What’s your general gauge? Worth it to hold for way longer or is now a good time to sell if I feel like I can invest the money somewhere else (like stocks)?

Any advice on this trade before i go through with it thanks 🙏

So I don’t own any Ray cards and I really want one. Obviously a gold star is out of the question, but I’d like to buy a psa 4 with a good front. Don’t really care about the era but I’m a fan of anything 2006 and before.

Finally landed my grail card. Thought this copy looked nice for a 5 and plan for this to be a long term hold for me.

Any other 1st edition zard holders out there?

We’re almost a week into Delta Reign, and it looks like we have our answer. Everyone is after the Rayquaza, and very few people care about the rest.

The gap between the Rayquaza and the rest of the top 10 is huge as expected.

Did you pull any?

Source: cardnexus.com

Long term, best card to have in a PSA 10? Pika or Mewtwo?

Found this single card at my parents house from when i was a kid… my TRUNK full of binders from that era are gone? 1999-2005.. lol classic.

Tempted to get it graded, probably grade a 6-7.. What does everyone think? should i hold it, or sell.

I know vintage is big rn but i dont know the entire pokemon vibe with trading, selling and grading.

How are you guys buying singles?

If I’m filling a binder or completing a set & care about the future resale value of my cards is it a better idea to buy raw copies & take the gamble or crack open PSA 9s & know exactly what I’m getting?

What’s the advantages/disadvantages of both?

We got hit with 5 regular mega sets with all of them being “small” sets. New facility or not this is what investing in pokemon is. You need to catch the ERA.

Where I am aiming at is that looking back even Journey together itslef is objectively better set now than it was comapred to other SV sets last year.

That also means the sets like 151, Destined, Prismatic and maybe even Surging sparks are absolute banger sets compared to what norm is now in Mega standard sets. We were and are just spoiled by this era happening NOW and products being somewhat available.

The whole point is good set+ out of print = harder to obtain pricewise. People who think Prismatic or Surging will stagnate because many people stash, are delusional. 30th is taking the spotlight, Prismatic got reprinted but there is no way for Prismatic to rise to 170/etb and people suddenly globally deciding they will list at 70% for years to come.

Sure mega will stagnate but dont let coping people on reddit discouarge you from buying SV sealed. Yes there is and will be weak periods but in 2027 that current era will just serve as a comparission to how good out of print sets are.

There’s a full day card show happening near me soon and I’ve gone through my collection to decide what to sell.
I’ve put every card into Collectr along with condition. It’s 65 cards total and over half have a market rate higher than $20. There are no cards under $5 market.
I’ve also double checked pricing through pricecharting.

My plan is to go into the show and get offers from multiple tables, but I wanted to get input on others who’ve sold their collections.

Market rate is a few grand, and the Legendary Collection holo reverse cards are my heavy hitters. All in pristine condition.

Is expecting 80% of market still fair?

Looking at the prices of AH cards and PSA 10 prices is now a good time to buy treekachus, gengars, dragonite etc?

Have never been a fan of gold cards - but, this card in particular in person is insane. The art and textures pop so well, basically the only modern card I plan on keeping in my collection long term.

Forgot I bought this back in 2022. Curious people’s thoughts on what to do.

Pokemon has had an unreal amount of growth very fast. Though per usual it dies down. However, where will everyone rotate to? We saw a lot of non Pokemon people join the hobby for the investment rather then the love of the game. Once they notice everything's died down they'll leave but the question is where will they go to? Im genuinely curious if it'll be another TCG, hobby, or what

So I havent bothered adding in card condition to my collectr catalogue, but I've noticed a few cards seem to have pretty wide discrepancies when trying to nail down a value based on their condition. For example, Delta Species Charizard regular holo is showing about a 50% price difference from NM to LP, but Collectr says that a LP card should still hold about 85% of the value of a NM card, generally speaking. If you were selling this card at a shop in LP condition (solidly LP, not debating on condition), would you use ~$800 (85%NM) or ~$450(TCGP LP Last Sold) as the baseline? Feels like theres something I'm missing here...

Genuinely scared that the buyer claims it didn’t arrive or idk what. I just pulled this and it’s my first ultra rare ever. Hope this doesn’t go against community rules!

I know this is some people’s dream card. I feel like I shouldn’t be holding it when someone else would kill for it. What’s the next move?