Very nice! Just curious how much did the event charge for his auto? I was thinking about trying for it next January.
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Hmmm… i dont remember exactly tbh 
admission to the event was like $10 then i think the price was like somewhere between ~$50-$150 depending on if u wanted a sketch, english/katakana, coloured markers, etc.
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I do own some older commons than this but this Blaine’s Arcanine was the first really big holo hit I ever pulled. I never found a Charizard as a kid so I was super excited to find something that could deal 120 damage and KO it lol.
The card also led to me meeting one of my best friends in high school, since he saw me with it and started up a conversation. Heck he even wrote about the card in my yearbook haha.
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My pokemons cards unfortunately are lost / gone, but the memories of pulling a Scyther, Haunter and Articuno holo from jungle and fossil survived and will never be forgotten.
Okay that’s super wholesome
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My biggest pulls as a kid in 1999 were Charizard & Venusaur 1st Ed. (always wanted the Blastoise, though). I still own these cards after storing them in the basement for 20+ years. I think they would grade PSA 6-7 but I would never ever grade them as I am too afraid of loosing them in the mail. These two are my most precious cards (along with a fake Ditto that is totally oc).
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The Pokémon hype just started in Belgium and I remember missing out on the cards very early on. Suddenly everyone. During recess a girl randomly gifted me this base Machop, that was pretty cool! She actually serves at a place nearby where I sometimes go out to eat.
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Basically 90% of my collection is from my childhood, very lucky my parents never got rid of any of it. I’m going to make a collection thread eventually since I’m finally finding all my stuff from storage once I get it all together. My most vivid memory was a couple of my friends and I opening up Base packs in the lunchroom and me loving the Staryu, Magnemite and Gastly cards. Whenever I think of Pokemon cards those are the first ones that come to mind. I think that was 3rd grade for me. That would actually be interesting to grade the main cards I have from childhood but kind of not really into that. The main box I’ve found with a majority of my cards and binders
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