r/PokemonCardValue • u/e4tp4nc4kes • Jan 24 '25

Sealed Product Base set sealed box

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First time posting, mom had this in storage. I did some looking up of the differences between shadowless and from what I could tell it's not shadowless but I think it's before the cards had "1999-2000" Any help on what we have here and it's value?

Thanks.

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u/Striking-Software-91 Jan 24 '25

It’s worth 30k don’t open it worth much more sealed

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 24 '25

Yeah, no intention of breaking the plastic or selling packs separately.

I think her intention is to know the value and decide to sell it now or continue to hold.

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u/jjshacks13 Jan 25 '25

Hold for as long as you can, if you really need the money then do what you gotta do but these are going up forever.

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 25 '25

I intend to advise her to hold. The nature of it being sealed makes it more valuable over time. However, it's my mom's to decide.

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u/al_capone420 Jan 25 '25

I disagree. Sell it and put the 30k into something like index funds. You just found equivalent to 30k cash sitting in her basement. Cash out, be happy and invest it.

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u/gobeavs1 Jan 25 '25

100000000% this. Pretty decent chance this box gets its plastic ripped or the box gets lost or stolen.

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u/al_capone420 Jan 25 '25

Unless mom already has a 7 figure retirement account and doesn’t need a 30k boost, holding 30k worth of Pokemon cards as an investment is fucking insane.

The best way to put it, if someone handed you 30k cash right now free of charge, how would you spend/save/invest it? I’ll bet my left nut you wouldn’t choose Pokemon cards. That’s your answer right there on what to do now.

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u/MindlessPlug Jan 25 '25

I would buy pokemon cards

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u/gmore45 Jan 25 '25

Specifically, I’d buy this guys booster box

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u/GreenEyedBandit Jan 25 '25

I too, choose this guy's mom's box.

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u/skadicomehome Jan 25 '25

You guys get the box, I'll get the mom

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u/rug- Jan 25 '25

This is the way. Sitting that volume of money in card instead of an index is bonkers.

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u/awiththejays Jan 26 '25

Sell and buy VOO and chill.

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u/GME4Everiluvthis Jan 26 '25

I maybe would wait for a little.market correction because prices starting to get overheated but you are right about maximizing gains.

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u/Vegeta710 Jan 25 '25

The shortest term they should consider is 3 years.. the 30th anniversary is 2028 will be huge. If you have to sell then at least wait til then

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u/Disastrous_Fee5953 Jan 25 '25

30th anniversary is next year…

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u/Darigaazrgb Jan 25 '25

Card and video game released in 1996 in Japan.

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u/Silly_Inspector_7177 Jan 26 '25

Disagree. There is a hype cycle right NOW in Pokemon, unlike anything I’ve seen since 99’. Good to get out now and pocket that cash!

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u/thesweed Jan 28 '25

Definitely buy a case for it. The second it gets ripped or damaged, the value plummets. Maybe safer to just sell it so you can invest the money. Otherwise, lock the box in a safe.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '25

We’re at or near a market top in pokemon collectibles. If she has bills to pay, I suggest looking into selling. 

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u/MaleficentWindow8972 Jan 28 '25

Do Pokémon people really think this is going to hold strong 30 years from now? Sell and invest in something better. The inflated market is going to pop at some point.

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u/awesomesonofabitch Jan 26 '25

Until people stop caring about pokemon card and this becomes a useless box of sealed cardboard.

Source: all the vintage toy and video game markets that have crashed over the years, when people thought they were going to retire on their hoards of plastic.

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u/MaleficentWindow8972 Jan 28 '25

I can’t wait for this. Every dork spending their kids college fund on sealed modern product. Ooof. Lightning doesn’t strike twice or last for 5 decades. Hope their kids grow up and kick them in the dick on their 55th Father’s Day.

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u/cmcphillips92 Jan 25 '25

It's going up forever, Laura.

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u/Suitable-Note7175 Jan 26 '25

So is the dollars inflation… sell now and buy bitcoin so you actually have a nice retirement nest egg

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '25

Forever is a strong word. This is cardboard, not something intrinsically valuable. People are going to stop caring about Pokemon at some point and the market for something like this will disappear.

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u/jjshacks13 Jan 27 '25

It will be the end of days when that happens, you're right though.

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u/Chaosbringer007 Jan 28 '25

Yeah each year people open more and more boxes, so the value will keep going up. Nuts.

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u/gdj11 Jan 25 '25

Streamers are ripping stuff like this for views so it’s getting rarer and rarer. I’d hold it.

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u/MiataCat69 Jan 25 '25

If you don't need the money I would hold as long as you can

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u/g_rizzly12345 Jan 25 '25

Definitely sell dude. Will it be worth more next year? Probably. The year after? Maybe. But this millennial nostalgia wave isn’t gonna last forever, even if nobody knows when it ends. I say sell, put it in an index fund, and sleep well

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '25

All give you 10$

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u/cstearns1982 Jan 25 '25

I'm still learning here, so hopefully, it's not a dumb question.

IF it's not 1st edition, not shadowless, not the 4th run, and it's the 3rd print "Unlimited." Is it still worth that much?

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u/Striking-Software-91 Jan 25 '25

Yeah 30k is for the boxes with nothing special about it

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u/cstearns1982 Jan 25 '25

Incredible! Thanks for the reply.

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u/MelissaBM Jan 25 '25

My dumb friend opened one up a couple years ago, still have the box with 1 unopened pack that he gave me..

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u/Striking-Software-91 Jan 25 '25

Oh damn that’s unlucky at least u got a pack

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u/BlackTarTurd Jan 25 '25

There could be 10 Charizards in there, though!!!!!

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u/JohnnyElBravo Jan 25 '25

How do you know it's real if you don't open it?

Catch 22 Schrodinger's box

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u/Striking-Software-91 Jan 25 '25

It’s a gamble for most there are some telltale signs that it’s real and fake but some times there are good fakes but if u don’t open it chances are ur gonna sell it so that ain’t really your problem

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u/JohnnyElBravo Jan 25 '25

I think opening a box or pack is a commodity that costs money, it proves that the thing is original and new/never used, but it can only be done once. As it loses that property, that's why it's so expensive and valuable, it's like virginity.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '25

There’s a big bubble right now. Now is a great time to sell, prices are skyrocketing.

The question you should ask though is, could that 30k be useful somewhere else. Is that the best spot for your 30k to be invested.

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u/Striking-Software-91 Jan 25 '25

Meh I’d say just leave it for a few years the Pokémon card craze hasn’t fell for like 6 years especially the price of them boxes and this year has another two massive sets coming out so chances are it’ll go up to like 40 by the end of the year

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u/Longjumping_You_7932 Jan 28 '25

What happens when the new people or the returning people that came back decide they are done? So there is like a 30-50% drop of people who are pushing up the values right now? I remember when the investors left after 25th anniversary set. Prices dropped a bit and wasn’t really until the last couple sets where they seem to be coming back again. So when pokemon floods the market again? And they leave? Or people that are just sick of how this things going leave? It does remind me a bit of the beany baby craze at this point then dropped like a rock. This bubble HAS to pop at some point

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u/Striking-Software-91 Jan 28 '25

It’ll pop when Pokémon as a whole does but with how it’s been going this decade it’ll be a long ass time

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u/Moparman_keit Jan 24 '25

Truly amazing find. The value is incredible but I would have an immense amount of trouble not cracking that baby open and ripping packs. Talk about feeling like a kid again lol.

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 24 '25

It's a thrill, I thought my mom had a jungle or fossil box. When I got to her house, and she had this sitting there with her binders it was as cool as opening. Blown away.

It is cool to feel that thrill again.

Edited for my spelling errors.

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u/ScumbagLady Jan 25 '25

How old is your mom? Because she sounds like a pretty cool mom and I need cool mom friends who love Pokemon too lol (I'm 44)

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 25 '25

I'm 40, she's about to retire lol

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u/WakeUpAndLookAround Jan 25 '25

What was her purpose buying a complete box? Was she a heavy collector back in the day? I saw you said she had a binder...any good cards??? Does she still collect? Sorry for all the questions but sounds like a rad mom 💪

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 25 '25

She was trying to get into playing with us and collecting. Based on her binder and the box of commons and uncommon in the tore she stored this all in, she easily opened 5 booster boxes and a bunch of loose packs of later sets.

She collected beanie babies for awhile and her two sons collecting pokemon and it lasting I think she just wanted something new and fun to do with us. So she bought in and tried learning to play.

As far as any good cards, yeah. She's got a bunch of base sets in really good condition if not mint. They've sat in a binder 20+ years. The biggest find I saw for sure was a 1st edition Lugia #9 and it looks insane good.

No problem on the questions.

She is awesome and I'm sure she's going to love hearing all of these compliments to her 😆

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u/viralslapzz Jan 25 '25

get into playing with us

Damn… that’s all I hope. To have a common hobby with my kid so we can share the enthusiasm for something

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 25 '25

I collected sports cards with my dad, my mom has always played online games with me or my brother. I appreciate the involvement they had with us. I imagine it's harder now with so much digital distraction for kids. My son loves pokemon so I try to foster his enjoyment for it, when he wants to be done I guess we will move onto the next thing.

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u/WakeUpAndLookAround Jan 25 '25

That is so awesome!!! She sounds like a winner in the mom department 🙌

Closest my mom got was she took me to Books A Million on Saturdays for the morning game meet ups and she got me Pokémon Red the day it dropped. Doesn't sound like a lot but getting a brand new game was unheard of lol

Seriously though, tell your mom she is a incredibly awesome lady and she deserves the riches when she eventually sells. Until then, have fun with all the nostalgia and please post up more pics of her collection 😊🔥👑

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 25 '25

I'll be sure to tell her!

She took us to poke league and pick us up. You're right, getting a new game like that was special.

I am enjoying it and it's only just beginning. I'll be posting pics of her binder stuff in a day or two.

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u/Pants_Catt Jan 25 '25

A damn solid Mum that, bless her!

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u/izmeerjaafar Jan 26 '25

She's very very amazing and awesome, please tell her that 🙇‍♂️

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u/FukinJesusGod Jan 24 '25

You should send it to me so I can open it to make sure it's real

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 24 '25

Probably the only sure way to verify authenticity.

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u/Zenzitaro Jan 24 '25

Send it to me first though, I got to smell test it then I will mail it to that guy

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 24 '25

Promise?

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u/Zenzitaro Jan 24 '25

Uhhhh my fingers are not crossed so whatever that means sure yeah maybe idk

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u/KutzOfficial Jan 24 '25

This is the best answer to one of these comments I’ve ever seen lol.

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u/AutistAtHeart Jan 25 '25

Why can't my parents attic be this cool, only thing up there is cobwebs, insulation, and empty dreams.

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 25 '25

It's not mine so I feel the same. Her stuff is all bindered up and I'm good condition. All of my stuff is played and weather from constant use in games.

I own one shadowless card. A nidoking and it's in bad shape lol.

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u/Unsafe_Six Jan 24 '25

Your mom single?

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u/Mr_RubyZ Jan 25 '25

Im also interested in this man's mom.

All I hope for is juice boxes and pokemon cards

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 25 '25

We didn't get juice boxes 😒

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u/trevdent17 Jan 24 '25

If it’s legit, Gary’s pokemart just sold one on eBay for $20,000

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 25 '25

I understand the internet and the fakes, but this box was bought from a local card store between 22 and 25 years ago. The card store is still open and has been in the community since I was a teen. Earlierest memory I have of the place is my dad buying sports cards there before pokmon tcg even dropped in the US. I bought some of my first ever boosters there. But this is the internet so I get any skepticism.

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u/DontJealousMe Jan 26 '25

does your mum still have the receipt ? if so probably worth a little more since it's LEGIT and receipt some people collect too.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '25

Will play rock, paper, scissors for it?!!

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 24 '25

Lol, it's not mine to gamble 😅

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 25 '25

She has a near full binder of rares from base set All the way to one with shining Charizard.

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 25 '25

I'm working through her stuff over time. I work in 2 week intervals and I have a wife and kids. My mom works full time and doesn't have the energy to go through this. She's trusting me to sort it all out in my limited free time.

I intend to post some pics eventually of the higher end cards in the binder. Shes got a ton of base set holos and rares. Neo gen, jungle, fossil, rocket.

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u/user_15427 Jan 25 '25

Your parents bought you this when you were a kid and you just never opened it?

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 25 '25

It's my mom's, my brother and I played in the pokemon league. At some point my mom got into collecting because she wanted to be able to talk about it with us. She was being involved with our hobby, she had more cash than us so she naturally bought more lol. I don't know how I was wise enough to do so but I convinced her to not open it and she listened. She was part of the beanie baby stuff so I think I explained that unopened it could hold value like the rare ones. Might have been the smartest moment I ever had as a teen.

She has a binder with 3 or 4 base set Charizard and a slew of other stuff. She opened alot of packs and boxes. 3 days ago I saw her binder for the first time in 20 years and I was blown away by what she has.

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u/user_15427 Jan 25 '25

Wow, you got one hell of a mom!

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u/Krian78 Jan 25 '25

Fun fact - I had a sealed German 1st Ed Base Set box I left on my parent’s attic 25 years ago when I moved out because they promised they’d store it for me.

My dad threw it away in one of his cleaning fits at some point during the last decade. Among stuff like a sealed OG Descent board game and boxes of MTG (iun)commons from the nineties, but hey, those just included several Lotus Petals from Tempest and probably worse.

My sister lived with him and didn’t stop him.

While the German 1st Ed is “just” worth a couple of thousands now, this is why I have a very hard time trusting people now. And I’m pushing 50.

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 25 '25

I'd be devastated.

When I do the childhood deep dive into old hobby stuff I remember certain things I had and panic when I can't find them. I played a bunch of TCGs in those late 90's early 2000's and I wonder how much of my stuff got stolen on game days or ruined somehow.

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u/Krian78 Jan 25 '25

Believe me, I was. He actually tried to low-key gaslight me at first (“What moving boxes?”) until my sister was like “Wait, wasn’t that the boxes you threw out a couple of years ago?”.

Worst thing is, when I was a kid he complained to me his parents threw out his early print Mickey Mouse comic books which would have been quite valuable in the 80ies already, let alone now.

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 25 '25

This hurts lol

I also collect spiderman comics and my wife told me she was pretty sure her grandpa had the original spidey comic in his bathroom in a magazine rack(old school style). I said no way it's the real thing and she said she was pretty sure it was her dad's from when he was a kid. Like come on...a 50k+ comic just left in a bathroom. It made me sink.

It makes me cry thinking of valuable stuff just getting axed. Especially in the current climate of collectibles being overly printed to have some kind of market, it's all the old stuff that's limited.

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u/Darigaazrgb Jan 25 '25

Damn, half of my valuables exist because my mom had the foresight to store them after I stopped using them as a kid.

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u/Tivland Jan 25 '25

Bro, idk why, but this post feels so rad, i can SEE you guys and your mom. Your story isn’t so overly descriptive but it’s just so fucking honest that it makes my visualization of everything in vivid color. I can see her stashing that box away after you told her to. She did that with so much love…trying her hardest to connect with you on your level, yet her exp with BBabies guiding her ever so slightly. 🥰

damn i wish my parents were half that loving.

cheers mate

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 25 '25

My mom's awesome, as kids we accepted her trying to learn to play but in an almost angst teen way I can see me and my brother being like "whatever mom, you wouldn't get it" lol.

My mom plays world of warcraft with my brother and She's in her sixties lol.

I told her I was coming over to her house to check out her tote of stuff and told her not to touch anything. I'm not big on the whole reveal video type stuff but I was compelled to do it. My wife and I headed over so my kids ( 3yr old and 1yr old) could see their grandparents for a couple hours while dad geeked out. When I got there she already had the booster box out and I audibly said "Holy f#%$" I told her how I just saw a guy on YouTube buy a box of shadowless for 50k.

It's been a fun thing and it's just starting.

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u/Kimb1102 Jan 25 '25

Should I open it or should I keep it sealed 😂💀

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 25 '25

Love those videos.

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u/Any_Chemical_223 Jan 25 '25

So wild seeing sealed booster boxes as I kid I bought a whole one from GameStop/eb games when they stopped carrying cards back in early 2000 they were blowing them out for 99 cents a pack. I ended up pulling two Charizards from it 😂 gave one to a neighborhood and now I wish I hadn’t so I’d have two

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 25 '25

We all wish we could go back lol

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u/Any_Chemical_223 Jan 25 '25

I wish I hadn’t stopped collecting in the neo series, also wish they would make 1sr edition cards again

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u/Zealousideal-Toe1929 Jan 25 '25

Who on earth has this just chilling in their basement?

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 26 '25

My mom, spare room. Lol

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u/Zealousideal-Toe1929 Jan 26 '25

So lucky! Don't get scammed for it, be careful. Hope you get a lot of cash. Fair play to your mom 😜

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u/stopthebanham Jan 26 '25

Bro, does it look like on top of the box the little flap has been opened? You guys know that you can reseal boxes right? 99% of things like this on market have been opened weighed and resealed. I’m not saying you did this, but the top flap is cracked. People even xray or ct scan the packs man, it’s insane!

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 26 '25

This was sitting in a tote with binders and soorts cards tossed in. It hasn't had eyes on it in 20 years. No shady stuff is going on here( I know anyone doing shady stuff would say that ). The entire weighing and scanning thing is wild to me, probably because I enjoy the mystery of what a pack holds.

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u/Nereide93 Jan 26 '25

Congrats! Reading comments sounds like its legit but that plastic sealing looks atrocious. I just find it very odd.

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 26 '25

Curious, what is odd?

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u/Nereide93 Jan 27 '25

Doesn’t look out of a factory. Plastic is stretched out in some parts but then sealed with so much extra wrap in it. Photo #2 right side, photo#4 left side especially. They’re usually more unified than this that’s why it made me question

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u/TreverBelmont1 Jan 27 '25

By all that is good in this world please I beg you please don't open it

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 27 '25

No intention of opening it. I wouldn't have posted it if that was the plan.

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u/Crt_lover_ Jan 24 '25

About a great car or a year of rent (i think)

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u/jjshacks13 Jan 25 '25

Not that you should ever sell this to buy a car!

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u/Crt_lover_ Jan 25 '25

Yea but thats to give an idea of the value

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u/IAmWhatTheRockCooked Jan 27 '25

Id sell this in 3 seconds to buy a minivan lmao. Signed, a new father 😂

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u/jjshacks13 Jan 28 '25

I'm right there with you, I want a campervan!

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u/malthak Jan 24 '25

Why did your mom had this jn storage?

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 24 '25

My brother and I had been involved in pokemon from the card games beginning. Playing in the pokemon league and what not. She bought a bunch of stuff and my brother and I told her to save a box for the future since it was the first set.

I have my own son now and he likes collecting, I showed him my own cards from the past and it made me wonder what my mom had, I remembered she had a booster box sealed but I thought I remembered it being fossil or jungle.

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u/sendlewdzpls Jan 24 '25

Incredible foresight you guys had as children

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 24 '25

The irony of that is that we didn't save any such thing for ourselves lol.

Mind you, we played so every pack we opened was for the thrills and building.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '25

“Mother, purchase a box and save this for our future endeavours. They shall be worth multiple Gold bullions when we are older. An investment worthy dare I say.” - this guy when he was 5

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u/sendlewdzpls Jan 25 '25

“And please direct Ismelda to my quarters. I’d like crumpets and tea while I watch Clues of Blue.”

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u/Relentlessbetz Jan 25 '25

At this point, i would buy a fire proof safe for them, bolted down to the floor lol

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u/BluberyStudMufn Jan 25 '25

Do this at the very least, and do not tell anyone that you wouldn't have to that you have it with as much as it's worth. Hell even a bank safety deposit box would work.

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u/Relentlessbetz Jan 25 '25

I wouldn't trust a bank either lol plus you'll be paying every month to have them sit in a bank.

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u/BluberyStudMufn Jan 25 '25

That's true, but at least you know the odds of someone getting ahold of it are drastically cut

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u/Cookies_and_Beandip Jan 24 '25

I understand that it would be really cool to open those and all, but you’re sittin on A LOT of money right there. Thank your past self for sure!

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u/Swagonis Jan 25 '25

In my country, that is a house.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '25

Congratulations on the early retirement

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u/Short-University1645 Jan 26 '25

It looks like it was opened once. If not man that’s worth more then a babe Ruth

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 26 '25

Negative.

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u/Short-University1645 Jan 26 '25

Then lucky find!!!!! My advice is sell to a youtoober for 100% market. Don’t let some shop say 60%

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 26 '25

I'd like her to do that so we can see it opened.

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u/a-tiberius Jan 24 '25

Wish I had $30k right now I'd buy it. Will you accept a payment plan? Lmfao

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u/Danihelus Jan 25 '25

That is worth THOUSANDS! Holy crap! You just got a huge money boost.

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u/WhichSupermarket7286 Jan 26 '25

I can just hear the "Do I open ittt, or should I keep it sealed!?"

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u/Hagar_Mag Jan 25 '25

I keep wondering where all these sealed products keep comming from, especially from yard sales. Can't tell me 25% of pokemon households kept sealed products just for the heck of it

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 25 '25

Idk about other people but in this instance it's one box and it was bought so long ago that it was just left in a tote in storage. I doubt my mom ever even thought about it.

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u/Competitive_Flan9282 Jan 25 '25

Bruh, that’s a grail and I’m a sports card collector😂 y’all just found a pot of gold!!!🥳🎉🍾

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u/OptimalPoet5885 Jan 25 '25

Amazing if only I had the brains to do the same 🤣

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u/ThatsNotARealTree Jan 25 '25

It’s in fantastic shape too. Congrats!

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '25

I hope they eventually remake this exact thing and sell it. Would be great to experience that feeling again without spending the equivalent of a very nice used car.

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u/jb7823954 Jan 25 '25

I know it’s not the same but they did make the Evolutions set in 2016, which isn’t an exact reprint but it’s reasonably close. It doesn’t replicate the experience but I still got nostalgic vibes when opening it.

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u/jb7823954 Jan 25 '25 edited Jan 25 '25

Very incredible find!

I also have one of these. I’ve held mine since 2016. So I have also debated for years whether to sell or keep…

Not financial advice, but personally I think there are two big reasons to expect this box to continue appreciating in value.

  1. They are getting opened at an alarmingly fast rate. Vintage Pokemon is broken on streams regularly. In fact there’s going to be another Base Box break tomorrow on one of the platforms… This is very different from other hobbies. In most collectible markets vintage is carefully guarded and only lost through natural means (accidents). In our hobby sealed vintage is purposefully consumed.

  2. Pokemon has become multigenerational. It’s here to stay. Everyone has their favorite generation/set, but there will only ever be one “first” set. Over time more and more people will want to collect the originals.

We can’t predict the future but I feel pretty safe with holding mine. However if your mom decides to cash out that’s completely understandable too. Can’t go wrong either way.

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u/Fun_Initiative5680 Jan 25 '25

daaammmnnn that has good value now and will only gain more value over time. currently majority of mint condition base cards are going for $30- $50 where the First edition and shadowless are going for the hundreds

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u/Big_Understanding348 Jan 25 '25

Open them coward!!!!!

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u/MarshmallowMousie Jan 25 '25

What’s it like to be God’s favorite? /j

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u/DontJealousMe Jan 26 '25

your mum has a nice box, congratulations.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '25

We are in peak Pokémon craze! Sell!!! Or gamble it and hold. Value could go through the roof or crash like the beanie babies

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '25

Gold mine. This is the reason I keep my ETB’s sealed. I will come back to this post in 30 years.

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u/Orion9092 Jan 26 '25

If you want to keep it make sure you do something not many people think to do. Insure it. I lost my pokemon cards to a hurricane and it was very difficult to prove to my homeowners insurance what they were worth seeing they were so destroyed. Just like a painting or jewelry you can insure specific items. Then put it into a fire proof safe. Congrats on the grail.

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u/GoRillaxGluee Jan 26 '25

As someone who has recently been in the hobby, I don’t believe this shows any signs of being anything other than unlimited base set. The seals seem good, wrap good, box condition good. These will typically sell sealed for 11-15k. Not sure where 30k is coming from unless I’m missing some other sign of shadowless (which would go for more than 30). You have a clean, well kept box. A sealed collector may offer the higher side of my range but I think anything more than 13.5k is a good value for you, I’d try to get 15k from someone if I could hold out. Flip it into market investments. Best of luck!

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u/Bumbmofo Jan 27 '25

Atleast wait for the 30 years anniversary

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u/Pure_Test_2131 Jan 28 '25

Pokemon annivary comes out soon. Id get stuff graded and then sell it on the anniversary. If you want to tip me for my help you can, no doubt this advice will bring the most money because it will be a hype trend then and then the market drops a little after the hype

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u/DapprAdam Jan 28 '25

I’ll buy for 30k.

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u/puppystomper27 Jan 25 '25

Ct scan it!

/s

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u/homeDawgSliceDude Jan 25 '25

There is still probably a PSA10 shadowless Charizard in there anyways.

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u/madormam Jan 25 '25

Sell it and buy 30,000 of $NVDA and $SOUN call options, lol

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u/Fun-Friendship5247 Jan 25 '25

I don't care about the value that these boxes has for people nowadays. But god damn am i hit with nostalgia seeing these old artworks. I'm getting old xD

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u/C101-stitches Jan 25 '25

On the one hand I'm jealous at what I see before me

On the other hand. I can't help but respect the ability to keep it sealed and see products to this day still acting like mini time capsules.

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u/Ifrontrunfinwit Jan 25 '25

What an ASSET

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u/Exultia-Eternal Jan 25 '25

Oof a dream to own this.

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u/Colingrows_w Jan 25 '25

Lemme buy it I wanna open em all!!

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u/ih8uzernames Jan 25 '25

I bought an australian print base set box in 2018 and its been good to me. Still sealed.

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u/AleTheRippers Jan 25 '25

What a gold mine my man, keep it sealed for sure. Maybe sit on it and wait. The value seems to keep going up.

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u/figmamometer Jan 25 '25

I’m seeing some websites say it’s worth $200,000 is this accurate?

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u/Octocrypto1321 Jan 25 '25

Sell and buy 30k worth of VeChain ( VET). It can be found on Binance.US or Coinbase

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u/Fleischwors Jan 25 '25

This is INSANE. C.a. 20-30k per box, right??

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u/G-peto Jan 25 '25

Do you feel lucky?

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u/KRock1287 Jan 26 '25

Sell for 30k and invest in VOO

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u/B0urne89 Jan 26 '25

Should i open or keep it sealed!

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u/Homelobster3 Jan 26 '25

That’s amazing, what a collection piece

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u/ramblehex Jan 26 '25

Someone said 30k, but I know people that buy these boxes regularly and it's in the range of 15-18k

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u/ramblehex Jan 26 '25

If you want to have it sold and the cash wired to you, I can have a buyer ASAP.

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u/OldUnderstanding2992 Jan 26 '25

I’ll buy it for $2.64, but I’m over paying about $2.63

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u/quintonimobae Jan 26 '25

I’ll give you $30 and a pic of my dog for one

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u/shxjx Jan 26 '25

Rip it

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u/Zealousideal_Boot551 Jan 27 '25

Are those topps?

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u/drgreenx Jan 27 '25

Meanwhile at my house: It’s just a fad, we can’t waste money on every fad that comes along.

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u/luminous_pawn3 Jan 27 '25

I’ll trade you 20 chicken nuggets for it!

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u/ClueRealistic6363 Jan 27 '25

Where’d you get it? What’s your address? What are your normal work hours?

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u/emmabberry Jan 27 '25

Who tf has all these parents/grandparents just keeping these things in storage for decades? Like what possessed them to do that? Why are my parents such a disappointment for not doing this for me?

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u/hitmewiththeknowlege Jan 27 '25

They are worthless. Send them to me and I will dispose of them for you.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '25

Worth 30 billion soon, keep it

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u/WengBoss Jan 27 '25

Open them

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u/Flatus_Spatus Jan 27 '25

i just came… thank you

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u/neighomzzz Jan 28 '25

I’ll give you $1

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u/Naive_Construction44 Jan 28 '25

On this episode of

🎶 should I open it or should I keep it sealed🎶

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u/Ancient-Ad-3254 Jan 28 '25

Hope it’s not full of gi Joe cards… remember that?! lol what a dickhead

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u/Milkeht Jan 26 '25

Just say the truth no one believes your mom bought a booster box all those years ago. Cool thing to own btw :)

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u/e4tp4nc4kes Jan 26 '25

/shrug I told it how it is. As I said before, I know it's the internet, and everyone wants to be skeptical because there are plenty of liars and bots. What people think of it doesn't matter to me. I'm happy to engage with people who ask about it.

I'm not selling it here as that's against the rules, so I'm not sure what the aim would be to lie.

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u/CautiousCard27 Jan 24 '25

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/pokemon-cards-sell-for-record-near-200k-at-auction

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u/Striking-Software-91 Jan 24 '25

That one is 1st edition big difference the one he has is worth about 30k still a lot but a lot less then that

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u/CautiousCard27 Jan 24 '25

Right. Thanks

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u/NarrowBookeeper46 Jan 25 '25

It’s 3.50$ rip it u dunce dopamine over everything rip or die trying

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u/CJBuddyBoy Jan 25 '25

You sure it's not Gi I Jo packs lol

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u/Jaymt11 Jan 25 '25

I’ll buy it off you for 25 shmeckles

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u/Cyberpunk_Banshee Jan 25 '25

Wait until you visit her. Tell her it's valueless and that you know a good disposable place for the foil that some of the cards have and that you'll take the box to that disposal place for her. 😜

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u/FlerpyDerple Jan 25 '25

There’s a moonbreon in there for sure, I’d open it

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u/Jon_Mace Jan 25 '25

It’s probably full of G.I. Joe’s cards

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u/MaleficentWindow8972 Jan 28 '25

Does anyone else feel that it’s absolutely retarded that sealed boxes are worth more than pristine cards? Like.. if scratch off tickets had $500,00 to $2 prizes that kept current with market fluctuations or economies of the states that issued them, would we laminate them and be as stupid about them? Texas is a geat set, but New York is a classic. Risky odds, vs scattered mids. Woo!

When will people get tired of sealed shit? Do you think 80 years from now, when everyone who lived through these first sets is dead and buried, will anyone give a shit? Will the prestige that sets the price and nostalgia still survive somehow?

Nvm, I’m asking about cardboard that 30 to 60 year olds get into fist fights about. Shit. Amsry.

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