Need opinions on a big trade

I got offered a PSA 10 Blastoise Base Set Holo and $1,000 cash in exchange for a sealed Diamond and Pearl base set booster box. I thought it was a great trade, but my fiancé tells me she thinks sealed product is better, and I’ve gotten the same response from other collectors. I’m interested in any other collectors opinions on the deal

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If you think it’s a great trade, go for it!

If you’re thinking in terms of stonks and want a long term projection on values, as the saying goes, I’ve got two balls and none of them are crystal.

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Current lowest prices on ebay:

Blastoise PSA 10 2/102 - $9k

D&P English Sealed Box - $6k

The last sale of a PSA 10 Blastoise back in November 2020 was an accepted best offer (listing was for $4,150) and the last D&P box sold last week for $4k. I personally would take that deal in a heartbeat. That $1k cash kicker is cake.

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Love this lol. I just thought it was a no brained trading Diamond and Pearl for a base set gem starter. But I have gotten lots of differing opinions, so I’m loving the feedback on E4

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30th anniversary wedding gift just so happens to be pearl. And she likes sealed product. AND this is Diamond and Pearl…

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Your Blastoise prices are wonky, Blastoise has been selling for $3150 to 3250 in recent times.

I would not take this deal.

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Which would you enjoy more? Value wise they are pretty even

The decision is entirely yours, but if you want opinions I’ll give you mine.

I would keep the sealed Diamond and Pearl box. The population of sealed products is only going to keep decreasing, and I’d reckon people are eventually going to want to crack boxes from this era for grading.

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Thanks for the reply man. I’m pretty decided on what I want to do, I more so just wanted to hear opinions cause I think it’s interesting to see what people think of these two vastly different eras and type of collectible (sealed vs psa card) in a trade. It feels like a huge gap in eras and there’s def people who prefer one over the other I see now lol

I would keep the booster box for sure, wait a year or two and you might be able to trade your box for 3 PSA 10 blastoise

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I’d keep the dp box

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I’m really surprised at the amount of people who say keep the DP box. I thought base set sentiment and status would win for sure :sob:

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I’m really surprised at the amount of people who say keep the DP box. I thought base set sentiment and status would win for sure :sob:

If you’re risk averse, keep the Diamond & Pearl booster box.

If you don’t care, make the trade, put the thousand into GameStop, and I’ll see you on Pluto.

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Goes without saying but not all PSA 10s are created equal, make sure you get good photos so you don’t end up with a 9 or 8 in a 10 case. Saves you trouble having to apply for the PSA guarantee.

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I also vote for keeping the dp box, but probably because of my opinions on psa 10s, that being that it’s an arbitrary label vs a genuinely rare item.

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I can’t buy GameStop shares anywhere lol help me figure it out

The Blastoise is Unlimited, if it were 1st and you were adding cash, people would be saying take the card.

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Box is better

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Yeah I think the booster box is way cooler and I’d keep that instead. It really depends on you though. But for me as much as I love base set and cash, that DP box is definitely something special!

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