Pokemon Card Prototype Discussion Thread

[papafrankgod]

lol

[smokemon]

If xiao has a piece of a piece of a laserjet printed paper that’s in a slab that’s in a phantom display case, that also doesn’t mean it’s graded

[enigma]

Well that depends, is the piece of a piece of laserjet printed paper in a slab inside a phantom display case for sale? Because if it is, boy do I have some news for you…

[pfm]

Anyone win any to sell to xiao?

[thurco]

@pfm

I’d be curious to know if he’s bought more than 0 copies with this offer and why so many cards have already gone under $3k on public auction if that’s his floor price.

waaaaittt surely these cards haven’t had some strange market shenanigans going on from individuals with a vested interest? Surely not? My shivers are timbered

[philzcardz]

This one sold and is pending sale. Pikachu tax

But holy moly…

There’s so many of them. These are in the weekly auctions on onlyalt

[MachopGOAT]

Rank ordering my favories: alpha proto > alpha play > beta play, alpha pres

What about y’all?

[MattCollects64]

Honestly, the number of them in the wild hasn’t changed. I’ve been watching CGC’s population reports along with the auction houses.

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Pikachu Cards:

• Alpha Prototype - 6
• Alpha Playtest - 6
• Beta Playtest - 6
• Delta Playtest - 0
• Alpha Presentation - 5
• Beta Presentation - 0

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If new cards surface, then I’m interested. For now, the same original grouping of cards are still being sold, and I haven’t seen any indication that new cards have come to market.

[tidaldreams]

How are these categorized their whole report looks wonky. there is no way there are only 6 alpha presentations and 3 beta presentations graded

[Doku]

I only see 3 alpha playtest pikachus on cgc’s website

[Cardinterested]

For me

GB seadra>Something we probably haven’t heard about yet>Lizardon book>CoroCoro presentation(alpha/beta etc)>Alpha proto>Alpha playtest>gamma/delta>beta playtest

@MattCollects64

For now, the same original grouping of cards are still being sold, and I haven’t seen any indication that new cards have come to market.

How I imagine the current situation - Negotiation’s for the remaining 5 Akabane sets are tense as auction prices stumble

[MattCollects64]

@Doku

I only see 3 alpha playtest pikachus on cgc’s website

CGC’s population report does not list cards with a grade of AU (authentic). I have been manually tracking every single card in a spreadsheet and keeping archival photos as well.

As proof, here’s one of the three AU grades I’ve documented. 1401039446008

[pokecollectoramy]

The deltas on heritage went HIGH. Prototypes are back!

[Dyl]

To be fair, the older folks who use Heritage probably don’t know what’s been happening on Alt, PWCC, etc.

[wisewailmer]

Guess it’s just about putting them in front of the right audience

[pokecollectoramy]

I love heritage Am I old

[Dyl]

Heritage is an awful platform, but they get awesome consignments.

[codytcas]

Seriously! Their website looks and feels like it’s from 2001

[Dyl]

Supposedly their website was made in 1996… I’m not sure that it’s had much work since then.

[pokecollectoramy]

You guys are crazy, their website is fine lol Go look at other big auction houses like REA or Hakes if you wanna see real problems