Those are some good cards!
Thank you 
had to sell part of my collection that three more months and i will be back to where i was before it
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The first time I spent 4 figures on a single purchase was in Feb 2015 on a small collection that included a PSA 9 base 1st zard. I paid ~$1350. I never thought I’d spend that much on Pokemon cards again. I probably have about ~100 buys > $1,000 since.
The first time I spent 5 figures on a single purchase was in October of 2017 on a large graded and mint ungraded collection that included PSA 9/10 gold stars, old and new ex’s, full arts, base and some other wotc 1st. I never thought I’d spend that much on Pokemon cards again. I have about 4 buys > $10,000 since.
I have not ever spent 6 figures on a single buy (or anywhere near it) and I doubt I ever will. I’ve also never made a sale of 5 figures for a single card sale before and I have doubted I ever will. I’ve proven myself wrong before though.
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Dude that’s a sweet collection you have!
I’ve yet to break the €100 limit for a single card \o/
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We all start somewhere!
Apart from the 1st Edition/Shadowless Base Venusaur, Reverse Holo LC Venusaur and the Snap! promo, there is really nothing I cannot find for less then €100 a card.
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My biggest single-card purchase so far was £576 last month on an item which I was prepared to pay a different seller £800 for back in October, but that seller refused to go lower than £1,500 on. Patience is a virtue!
I think right now the only card I’d be willing to pay in excess of £1,000 for would be the English Sample Pichu with Neo Genesis artwork, but that card was very likely destroyed - I can dream, however. I doubt I’ll be spending anywhere near £576 on a single card again any time soon. Pichus are nice, but they’re not that nice.
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A fair bit of the largest buys have been sold off to fund the assembly of my current collection. I don’t still own probably over 90% of what has passed through my hands.
Typically what I aim for is buying a large collection that comes with a few things that I collect to keep, and a bunch of valuable things that I don’t collect. I sell the stuff I don’t want until I break even. When I do well I can keep a bunch and maybe even profit a few dollars. Rinse and repeat many times over the past 5 years and I am where I am today with very little $ put in, just a shit ton of time that I have mostly thoroughly enjoyed.
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spent a full $5 once, never again
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Live and learn brother
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It contained complete raw sets up to Rocket 1st ed. I graded the cards and some of the highlights: PSA 9 1st edition Charizard, PSA 10 1st edition Blastoise, PSA 9 shadowless trio, etc… I made a couple thousand off the lot after breaking even and I kept the Charizard (still have it, no plans to sell)!
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Only about $350 max, but have a lot of cards in that range…maybe would be better served selling those for a higher value card
That’s amazing! If I bought that, it’d be hard to sell ha
I bought a reverse foil crystal Celebi for ~$80 last year, thought I’d lost my mind. The year before I bought a Shining Magikarp for $40 (it graded a 10) and thought I was out of control. I might break the $100 barrier later this year and then promptly check myself into rehab.
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$6600 on 1st editions Charizard Blastoise and Venusaur, all graded PSA 9. It was exciting when I bought all 3 on the same weekend.
First off I just want to say thank you to everyone. When I first joined the hobby I was really down on myself that I would never be able to buy insanes amount of product like it looked like everyone here did. I got over that, but still kind of thing about it every once in a while. Not anymore. I’ve never spent over $40 on a purchase and haven’t spend more than $60 in a month. However through my own experience and through hearing your experiences, you can do a lot with a little. So thank you to all who have shared. I appreciate each and every one of you and what you do for this hobby.
Mjisaacs
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A little amount here and there add up. Remember thay todays might oak tree is yesterdays little nut that didn’t give up!
My biggest purchase is my 1st edition charizard and 1st edition clefairy, I think it was around £3800 for them both.
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Those are good buys. I want a clefairy also