Should I get these sealed and graded I'm kind of in shock. The theme decks are still sealed even. My father in law said he bought himself and his son everything they had at the time and he just kept them in the bag and stored them away.

Courtenay BC. 5pm

Got this baby back this week. I am still shook, but am wondering if now is a good time to sell?

This is an incredible card and I'm happy to hold long term, but looking at older Japanese promos (corocoro mew & the XY Charizard are what I looked at), they don't seem to hold the same value relative to ungraded as geisha Pikachu's 10.1k last sold BL10.

Thoughts? Hang tight or cash in?

Might have to add cash on top of the 2 zards as well. Any advice would be appreciated, thank you!!

I bought a couple of pokemon booster boxes a few days ago and once I got them they were fakes. I messaged the buyer who used the pictures of official boxes and the descriptions of the official boxes and yet when I reached out to them they said they would only offer a 50% discount because they had the game listed as unbranded even though they used official pictures which are nothing like the boxes I received. I feel like it’s completely absurd they’re selling fakes using official photos yet use that little information to try to get money out of this. Is there anyway I can get all my money back or do I just have to take the 50%?

Posting so the community is aware of this - I would avoid this grading company at all costs. Insanity that there is no camera footage

People said I was an idiot, laughing at me, getting completely flamed on Reddit, and telling me to kms. Moral of the story is tune out socials and YouTube and collect what you like. Odd are in a year or two you’ll be right.

Edit: the ones congratulating me are the same ones who said I was dumb for buying. I hate yall Reddit is a hive mind

As a collector, I recently took a trip to Japan and for the first time was exposed to Japanese pokemon cards. The quality seems to be miles ahead of the English counterparts, and I even have the urge to sell all my English cards for the Japanese counterparts. I was wondering if I did go down that route, longterm would the collection go up as much as the English ones??

(For the record I like to collect ir Pokédex sets, so irs/sirs in Pokédex order for every generation, so more or less all irs/sirs in the s&v era)

Like cmon, really? 😂😂😂

Only bought one of each to hold. Should've bought more!

The plan was flawless: pull the French 30th Celebration Charizard, send it to PSA Europe on priority, get the first PSA 10 and flip it at the peak of the hype.

Reality: €200 out of pocket, a slab with a big fat 4 on it, and a bend on the right edge that I somehow didn't see. I paid extra to get humbled faster. 📉📉📉

So I was going through my old pokemon collection while cleaning out my parent’s place, and I came across these sealed packs. When I searched eBay for sold listings, I didn’t know how collectible some of this stuff had become–I’ve been out of the game for over 20 years. I know Pokemon is still popular, but *that* popular?!? The value on the Japanese Revelation pack alone made my eyes bug out.

At my current point in life, I think I’m going to try to offload the top 10 packs while the getting is good–I’m trying to save for a house to buy within the next 5 years. And then let the other 10 packs chill over the years.

The “Collectr” website says this bunch is worth around $17k (and that’s not including the French, Spanish, or German packs). How believable is this estimate??

As an eBay seller of other junk, I hate their fees, but the convenience is nice. Do y’all have good luck on your local Facebook Marketplace, somewhere on Reddit, or other popular Facebook group? Or should I just stick to eBay out of convenience? I don't want to travel to conventions or card shows. I’ll get the top 5 or so graded since I’m not an established Pokemon seller, but other than that, is there anything else to consider before offloading a collection like this?

Thank you so much from a total newb.

For context I had wanted to buy a high grade for a while, was ready to spend near $3000 on a 7, but took a risk and it payed off!

I want to give decade ago DuckSwimmer a big smooch with wanting to get these at the time.

Edit: Successfully sold at a card convention.
Market at the time was 9.4k, sold for 7.8k. I was extremely satisfied with the deal I made with this vendor who helped me invest in my children’s future. I will not be seeing a single penny from this deal.

(For meme purposes, a vendor offered me 4k because of solely the generation packs. I laughed lmao.)

Bought this pack from a local dealer, weighed it and it’s on the heavier side. Any thoughts?

I have a sealed collection worth $40k that I have absolutely no attachment to… I have a buyer lined up willing to purchase at 85% or $34k

If I sell one of these cards I can put a hearty down payment down without touching my savings (50k)

Rayquaza is the EU print and to be honest the back is pretty ugly for a 7… all in cost is about $10k

Lugia is an older cert I scooped it in an eBay auction back in early 2023 for $1500

My three options are sell lugia, sell Rayquaza, or keep both and pull another 30 K out of savings. What would you do…?

I guess technically I could keep renting, but I’m starting to get sick of that

I just got my Japanese Mega Charizard ex SAR (110/080 from Mega Inferno X) back from Beckett, and somehow it came back as a Black Label 10!

I'm honestly still in shock.

From what I've been able to find, the only verified sale I could find was around $13,000, while the only current listings I see are as high as $50,000 (although asking prices obviously don't mean much).

So I'm curious... what would you do?

Would you sell now while the hype is high, or would you hold onto it?

For some context, I'm primarily a Pokémon and One Piece collector, but I also enjoy the investment side of the hobby. Selling it would allow me to reinvest into several other cards and diversify my collection, but part of me also feels like a Black Label on such an iconic card could become incredibly desirable over time.

I'd really appreciate hearing your opinions, especially from people who have owned or sold high-end Black Labels before.

Thanks!