Black Star Promo Holo Eevee

[avatariroh]

I’m wondering how exactly did people obtain the Eevee Holo Promo back in the day? I know for some promos they were given out at the movies, and some came with products. But I can’t seem to find info anywhere about how these were obtained

Also how easy were/are they to come by? I’ve seen the PSA pop report so I know how many there are graded, but at ~$50-$60 for a PSA 9 it seems like these are undervalued and have a lot of room to grow, especially since eevee is a popular pokemon and the artwork & holo on this card are beautiful. But my only reservation right now is that I don’t know the history of the card.
What are your thoughts?

[pichufan]

According to Bulbapedia:

This card was first released as one of the Japanese Unnumbered Promotional cards, available through the Pokémon Card Fan Club from April 2000 until the end of December 2002, with artwork by Toshinao Aoki. In order to obtain it, players had to earn a total of 500 GET Points. It was later reprinted in English as one of the Wizards Black Star Promos, with new artwork by Kagemaru Himeno, available through the Pokémon League in June 2000. A Non Holofoil version of the English print was later released in Japan as a promotional card, awarded to passengers for completing the gold course of the JR Pokémon Stamp Rally in August 2000.

Mostly due to print lines this is one of the most difficult English Pokémon cards to grade a PSA 10. The reason PSA 9s are probably low in value is because so many people will be submitting these in the hopes of scoring a 10. I believe TCA Gaming has submitted over 100 of them alone and presumably they all scored 9 or lower as he recently bought a PSA 10 copy from someone else.

[avatariroh]

Makes sense why there’s that many 9’s. But where it says it was made available through the Pokemon League in June 2000… what does that mean? I know that exists in the game but I’m not sure it exists in real life hahaha

[mtajaj32]

@avatariroh

Makes sense why there’s that many 9’s. But where it says it was made available through the Pokemon League in June 2000… what does that mean? I know that exists in the game but I’m not sure it exists in real life hahaha

They would have “Pokemon League” events in various places like Toys R Us, where they would hold TCG and video game events. Meet other kids, battle, trade cards, etc. They often did giveaways at these events for every kid who went. I attended one of them that had the Eevee:)

[avatariroh]

@mtajaj32

@avatariroh

Makes sense why there’s that many 9’s. But where it says it was made available through the Pokemon League in June 2000… what does that mean? I know that exists in the game but I’m not sure it exists in real life hahaha

They would have “Pokemon League” events in various places like Toys R Us, where they would hold TCG and video game events. Meet other kids, battle, trade cards, etc. They often did giveaways at these events for every kid who went. I attended one of them that had the Eevee:)

Ohhh ok that makes sense, figured it was something like that. I still think it’s undervalued at the current price for a PSA 9, but that could change a lot if some employees of those events have some sealed boxes of just these promos. I guess there’s no way to know for sure. Either way it’s still a stunning card!

[thedude1990]

This post brings back some good memories of summer as a ten year old. I can confirm this was given out at the Pokemon League. Mine happened to be at a Books-A-Million and the League representative handing them out gave me a bunch since there weren’t too many people at this league. The Pokemon League I would go to would happen every Saturday.