History of 1999 Pokémon Base Set?

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In addition to what was posted above, there’s a lot of good info when you go digging around. Unfortunately we don’t have a definite number of the print size of each print run if you were trying to figure that out. 1st Ed Base appears to be the more scarce overall, both in terms of opened and unopened product. I’ve read a rumor once that there could be as few as 10,000 of each 1st Ed Base holo card. I feel it could be higher than this, but we can only speculate for now.

There’s a lot of good info in these threads that touches on many parts of your questions:

Shadowless Vs. 1st edition print runs

I looked for a guide on this and couldn’t find it so I apologize if someone answered this already in the forum somewhere. Does anybody have an educated guess on the ratio of 1st edition base to shadowless base? Thanks!

Shadowless vs First Edition Base

Was wondering what you guys think about the scarcity of first ed base vs. shadowless on the open market, and do you think shadowless cards will begin to disappear like first edition base? Scott has said in his videos that shadowless may be more scarce than first edition, but those holding shadowless cards may not see the difference with the shadow and put more value on the first edition symbol. Through a ton of my searches over the last few months I have seen many shadowless cards in people’s c…