Im looking to buy a charizard bgs 9.5 1st edition. paypal ready.
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Hurry and put your offer in the post before ten people scold you. It’s part of the rules here that you have to state an offer on a buy thread. With a card of that caliber it will need to be solid. Good luck!
Also, I’d assume you are talking about Base Set but just to be sure you should include specific descriptors.
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Are you passive aggressively scolding people who scold people? You hypocrite, 
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I’ll have to issue a formal public apology so that the backlash from entitled, soft-skinned, overly sensitive types doesn’t cost me a job or something. 
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How do you intend to pay, in mango’s ?
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It’s not even about the rules in this case.
If you’re actually keen to buy a holy grail like this you’d put more effort into the post.
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i’ll start the bidding at $1
Big move! I hope you find one, best wishes.
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what’s the street value on this anyhow? haven’t seen one sold in a while.
I’d probably put it somewhere around 8000 mangos.
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Last one sold 6000$ last week on ebay
guess depends on subgrades.
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That one was a wreck;)
mmmmmmm mangos
Good luck finding a 9.5 for less than $10,000 when there’s a PSA 10 that just sold $40,000. Don’t base your valuation on auction results. No one’s parting with a 9.5 for that low… unless it’s a very weak/basic copy that is barely PSA 9 worthy.
A very solid quad+/++ could possibly earn up to $20,000 at this point.
If your budget is $6,000 just a buy a strong/well centered 9 and send it over to Beckett. That’s what I would do if you don’t want to pay a crazy premium. 
BGS 9.5 is better than a PSA 10…to most of us who are also in the sports world.
In Pokémon it’s a numbers perspective. It’s not even a preference on grading companies, the 9.5’s statistically are not as strong as PSA 10s.
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What he’s saying isn’t true anyway. While certain collectors do prefer BGS, valuewise his statement is incorrect. There are very few rare cases on near Pristine quad++ 9.5s(double 10 subgrades) that can do slightly higher than a PSA 10, most PSA 10s will be worth more than a 9.5 no matter the hobby.
For example, Roookie Jordan is about $20k in PSA 10, and $6-7k for a basic BGS 9.5. I’m not sure how a quad++ would do, but probably not much more than $12-15k.
When it comes to Pokemon, Beckett is just way too inconsistent anyway.
Based on my personal comparison of quite a few WoTC era BGS 9.5 vs PSA 10, I would lean towards BGS 9.5 for actual quality of card, provided it is at least quad 9.5 or higher. I know there are a lot of stats based on “cross-grading” which I have not done myself, so I cannot speak to that.
statistically, sales prices always favor PSA 10. but I’m a supporter of BGS 9.5. I’m interested in seeing if BGS will at least trend up.
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