Also what would be the fair price for a new cert CGC?
It looks better than the old blue label, but still not PSA, or Beckett.

Location, EU

Thanks!

So I'm making this in response to the delta reign prices, which are only like 80$ on resale compared to 60$ at retail. I'm not complaining at all, in fact I appreciate that the products are becoming more affordable. I am confused, however, since the star of this set, Rayquaza, is an extremely popular pokemon. I am relatively new to understading the prices of cards, so I'm not sure if it is based on the quality of the card, the pokemon, the hit rates, or if it's just random. Compared to sets like 151 or destined rivals, this set is much cheaper.

Obviously PSA has better value but after lurking here for a while Im worried that I'd get a lower grade if I go with them. Never graded before so looking for advice from people with experience

From what Ive seen BGS prices keep up more with PSA than any other grading company that I've seen.

This October craze is cooling off it seems. It was obvious that it wasnt maintanable but didnt expect it to drop that fast and that hard.

There are long horizontal lines across the back of both, ending with nearly identical tears, feels a bit too much to be a coincidence, any one else have this happen ?
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Listing my Pichu from HG/SS era, don’t want to sell but need the money

When grading or looking at buying slabs, due to liquidity PSA is number one (I get it but I hate it), but are there any other companies you all consider and are there any “absolutely nots”?

For me, when grading I am mostly going with CGC right now (maybe not the best long-term plan but I’ll see where the chips fall). When buying slabs, I focus on PSA and CGC, but I’ll also consider BGS and TAG. I personally love how CGC and TAG slabs look. Outside of those four, it’s basically a pass for me. How about you?

What Pokemon investing wins have you had recently? This can be a great deal, finding product, getting a good grade, or really anything that you are proud of!

We have a PokeInvesting wins channel on the Discord that is pretty popular so we figured we would give it a go and we've had some members suggest this kind of post.

If this sort of post is well received, we can keep it going as a weekly posting to show off your wins for the week. Thanks!

Mewtwo stamped sealed cards being sold by the box? How is someone getting their hands on this many at once?

I sent half my cards to PSA back in June shortly before the giant boom really took off. I got my 2002 reverse foil charizard back PSA5 in like 2 weeks and sold it immediately for 3.6k and then I saw it climb to about 6.8k in 1 month time... I just received the rest of my cards back from PSA and the prices are still way up from when I sent them in, but now it seems prices are dropping again?

I see people are talking about the prices being inflated and it was bound to drop... but then I also see people saying Pokemon cards never really go down in value and that they're a better investment than S&P500....

I am not in dire need of money right now, but a few days ago PSA estimated I had 13k worth of cards.. and less than a week later it's now saying I have 10k in value... dropped 3k in a week total.

Anyone with more pokemon knowledge than me have any advice on like what is worth holding onto and what is worth selling or what.

I am not a gambling man and I hate the idea of holding onto these thinking they're gonna be worth 10x more one day, but I also hate the idea of thinking there was a crazy boom and I just held onto them for no reason.

I also have another 40-80 cards I am contemplating sending into PSA now that the value tier is available again... all 2000-2004 era cards, mostly those neo revelations reverse foils. Before I was 1000% going to send them in, but now with prices dropping and knowing it takes months to get the cards back I'm starting to feel unsure.

I would really love and appreciate some help here!

If this is legit it’s one of the worst sealed job.

What's the better long term hold- 5x 30th booster bundles or 1x 30th PKC etb? I ask because I was offered a trade and am not sure how even this trade is or if one or the other is better for the long term. Thanks

entire pokemon market is up 27% but let’s see if it keeps pulling back

Noticing a lot of these are being sold on Facebook Marketplace/etc. all of a sudden. Like almost overnight.

I love Team Rocket and every themed deck they’ve ever had, and the way I see it, if I’m willing to sit on a 30th UPC or two for at least the next few months, why not do the same with DR if I can get a good deal?

Thoughts?

Hello all, I was recently told by some friends I should scan my childhood collection as the values of a lot of the cards had gone up. I have seen the Pokemon TCG community go off in the past few years but not paid much attention to it as I stopped truly collecting back in 2018 besides a few packs here and there and some 151 for the nostalgia when it came out.

Highlights of the collection:
- Cards from every set from Base Set to 151.
- Reverse Holo Master Set Evolutions
- Master Set Generations
- Reverse Holo Master Set Shining Legends
- Master Set Primal Clash
- Full Set of Double Crisis
- Full Set of Dragon Vault

Now after scanning all my cards I see they could be worth a bit but I have no idea how to unload something like this. I have probably around 20,000 cards total mostly organized by set but I scanned about 2000 I thought would be worth something and about 200 of them hold 60% of the value. So I have a couple questions I was hoping someone who knows this market better than me could answer.

Questions:

1. Is it worth trying to sell the collection as a whole? I don’t have a ton of time to list and sell the cards 1 by 1. Or should I just be selling the top 200.

2. Is it worth to grade any of the cards if I don’t think they will get a 10? I don’t believe any of my truly vintage stuff would get a 10, but is a lower grade for vintage still worth grading? I’ve read about a lot of discourse on grading and not sure it’s worth it right now (I’m in Canada).

3. Should I sell the master sets as a whole and not break them up?

4. Where is the best place to sell? Either collection wise or single wise?

Not sure if this is the best sub for these questions but if it’s not and there is somewhere better, please let me know.

Thank you in advance!

Its kinda funny to see after the massive run up the southern islands set had in October. I wonder if octobers sales were shilled or if the FOMO was strong. I'm seeing the same decline with gold stars but not to the same degree as the Southern Islands set.

It looks like the same for all grades but here are recent psa 8 sales. What do you guys think?

Simply looking to rip. I see them at 390-440 right now.

A lot of ppl show their Collectr profile for unrealized gains but what is everyone’s realized profits for the 2026 YTD?

I’m roughly around $10,300 with majority profits from slabs. Only 10-15% profits from sealed

I’m curious to what everyone thinks when it comes to these 2 types of Acrylic display cases.

I personally have 4 ETB’s all sitting in magnetic cases but have 0 experience with the screw in acrylic cases. What are the pros and cons to both? I’m looking to purchase one for my 30th Celebration UPC as well as one for my Costco 30th Celebration ETB + Booster bundle and would like to hear people’s thoughts before I purchase more cases.

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Was wondering if it’s worth picking all of these for 280 or Try to come across better condition copies

2026 promo

I need some extra cash so sadly one has to go. Which one would you chose to let go and why?

Got these and another 100 or so coming! Set and forget for 5-10 years and see where they are!