PSA 10 Brock Gym Heroes 1st Edition PWCC

[pokemonargentina]

@shadowless

This card already sold for 1k months ago, just not publicly. You have no idea how hard to grade this one is, plus it´s freaking Brock.

Our man Brock.

New Holy Grail of the Pokemon Trainers!

[EnlightenedBulbasaur]

@joakimstore

Literally stupid price, but the market is bigger than all of us.

Okay, but I’ll bite - putting aside the fact that once upon a time this card sold for less (and that to some extent the prices for all of the cardboard we discuss here are nuts) why is this price point for Brock even remotely surprising given that it’s a PSA 10 1st edition WOTC holo and it has the lowest population in all of Gym Heroes / Gym Challenge?

We should all understand the difference it makes when a card is the lowest pop. This is why Jungle Vaporeon has been selling for $3k, 5-6x what Flareon (which has the highest Jungle pop) sells for. It’s why T17 sold for $10-12k or whatever it was. It’s why someone on E4 recently offered $7500 for a PSA 10 1st Base Chansey but still couldn’t find any sellers. It’s why Lapras routinely sells for over $2k despite having a population more than double that of Brock.

Not to mention, it would actually make sense for a Brock holo to be desirable, as he was one of the most prominent characters in the anime.

[fourthstartcg]

@hyruleguardian Joakim’s only purpose lately is to troll and secure reactions. Don’t give him the satisfaction!

[yz2428]

@EnlightenedBulbasaur

@joakimstore

Literally stupid price, but the market is bigger than all of us.

Okay, but I’ll bite - putting aside the fact that once upon a time this card sold for less (and that to some extent the prices for all of the cardboard we discuss here are nuts) why is this price point for Brock even remotely surprising given that it’s a PSA 10 1st edition WOTC holo and it has the lowest population in all of Gym Heroes / Gym Challenge?

We should all understand the difference it makes when a card is the lowest pop. This is why Jungle Vaporeon has been selling for $3k, 5-6x what Flareon (which has the highest Jungle pop) sells for. It’s why T17 sold for $10-12k or whatever it was. It’s why someone on E4 recently offered $7500 for a PSA 10 1st Base Chansey but still couldn’t find any sellers. It’s why Lapras routinely sells for over $2k despite having a population more than double that of Brock.

Not to mention, it would actually make sense for a Brock holo to be desirable, as he was one of the most prominent characters in the anime.

it was hard to get this card even in 2017 when i was collecting the gym trainer holos in 1st edition. you had maybe 1, at most 2, listed at a time. but the massive 10x since 2017 for this psa 10 copy is pretty nuts, but if you move the emotions aside and analyze the #, very much in line with market trends overall. it’s just not many people realized that the brock card is in the same tier as these jungle vaporean, chansey, etc. you ALWAYS have cards/sets fly under the radar.

[darky97]

I fully approve of this auction.

[EnlightenedBulbasaur]

@yz2428

@EnlightenedBulbasaur

Okay, but I’ll bite - putting aside the fact that once upon a time this card sold for less (and that to some extent the prices for all of the cardboard we discuss here are nuts) why is this price point for Brock even remotely surprising given that it’s a PSA 10 1st edition WOTC holo and it has the lowest population in all of Gym Heroes / Gym Challenge?

We should all understand the difference it makes when a card is the lowest pop. This is why Jungle Vaporeon has been selling for $3k, 5-6x what Flareon (which has the highest Jungle pop) sells for. It’s why T17 sold for $10-12k or whatever it was. It’s why someone on E4 recently offered $7500 for a PSA 10 1st Base Chansey but still couldn’t find any sellers. It’s why Lapras routinely sells for over $2k despite having a population more than double that of Brock.

Not to mention, it would actually make sense for a Brock holo to be desirable, as he was one of the most prominent characters in the anime.

it was hard to get this card even in 2017 when i was collecting the gym trainer holos in 1st edition. you had maybe 1, at most 2, listed at a time. but the massive 10x since 2017 for this psa 10 copy is pretty nuts, but if you move the emotions aside and analyze the #, very much in line with market trends overall. it’s just not many people realized that the brock card is in the same tier as these jungle vaporean, chansey, etc. you ALWAYS have cards/sets fly under the radar.

There’s a simple explanation for this. Many people ONLY rely on past sales data of a card when it comes to making sales and that includes sellers.

But sellers who wise up to the importance of population reports and general availability can adjust their asking price to account for those factors. In more recent times I think sellers have been more savvy when it comes to understanding the importance of population reports and availability.

[teamrocketop]

@modestmudkip

brock the rock

Johnson*

[teamrocketop]

This just goes along with the Typhlosion or ones that are hard to grade could follow suit/low pop report (obviously not in the same price range). My favorite set has two pain in the *** cards that are hard to grade and low pop (the Dark Magneton is hard as hell to get in a
10) www.ebay.com/itm/2000-Pokemon-Team-Rocket-11-1st-Edition-Dark-Magneton-PSA-10/254576086687?hash=item3b45eace9f:g:V-QAAOSwBpten6Ni:

[EnlightenedBulbasaur]

@teamrocketop

This just goes along with the Typhlosion or ones that are hard to grade could follow suit/low pop report (obviously not in the same price range). My favorite set has two pain in the *** cards that are hard to grade and low pop (the Dark Magneton is hard as hell to get in a
10) www.ebay.com/itm/2000-Pokemon-Team-Rocket-11-1st-Edition-Dark-Magneton-PSA-10/254576086687?hash=item3b45eace9f:g:V-QAAOSwBpten6Ni:

Pfft, the price for that Magneton clearly has nothing to do with it being the lowest pop PSA 10 card in the set and everything to do with the fact that it is Magneton, god of all Pokemon. The pitiful Charizard, Blastoise, and Dragonite tremble before the power of 3 Magnemites combined.

[pfm]

Nothing surprises me anymore

[teamrocketop]

@EnlightenedBulbasaur

@teamrocketop

Pfft, the price for that Magneton clearly has nothing to do with it being the lowest pop PSA 10 card in the set and everything to do with the fact that it is Magneton, god of all Pokemon. The pitiful Charizard, Blastoise, and Dragonite tremble before the power of 3 Magnemites combined.

Or possibly the Team Rocket Bowling Pin lol

[chavycat]

@EnlightenedBulbasaur

@joakimstore

Literally stupid price, but the market is bigger than all of us.

Okay, but I’ll bite - putting aside the fact that once upon a time this card sold for less (and that to some extent the prices for all of the cardboard we discuss here are nuts) why is this price point for Brock even remotely surprising given that it’s a PSA 10 1st edition WOTC holo and it has the lowest population in all of Gym Heroes / Gym Challenge?

We should all understand the difference it makes when a card is the lowest pop. This is why Jungle Vaporeon has been selling for $3k, 5-6x what Flareon (which has the highest Jungle pop) sells for. It’s why T17 sold for $10-12k or whatever it was. It’s why someone on E4 recently offered $7500 for a PSA 10 1st Base Chansey but still couldn’t find any sellers. It’s why Lapras routinely sells for over $2k despite having a population more than double that of Brock.

Not to mention, it would actually make sense for a Brock holo to be desirable, as he was one of the most prominent characters in the anime.

I didn’t see that buy thread. Holy poop! That’s incredible that no one took him up on that offer

[surprisedpikachu]

So recently on ebay I’ve seen a Gym Heroes 1st Edition Holo Brock #15 PSA 10 going on auction for $2k with 1 day 13 hours remaining. Why are people paying a premium for card that was only worth around $100 in the exact same condition 2 years ago? I mean, I don’t remember it being that popular.
www.ebay.com/itm/2000-Pokemon-Gym-Heroes-1st-Edition-Holo-Brock-15-PSA-10-GEM-MINT-PWCC/353055594936?hash=item5233c0d9b8:g:vcMAAOSw~9FenIOF

[EnlightenedBulbasaur]

@surprisedpikachu Welcome!

The short answer to your question is that it’s the lowest pop PSA 10 1st edition Gym Heroes / Challenge card and it’s just following the same trend of other low pop cards WOTC cards.

[fourthstartcg]

@surprisedpikachu

So recently on ebay I’ve seen a Gym Heroes 1st Edition Holo Brock #15 PSA 10 going on auction for $2k with 1 day 13 hours remaining. Why are people paying a premium for card that was only worth around $100 in the exact same condition 2 years ago? I mean, I don’t remember it being that popular.
www.ebay.com/itm/2000-Pokemon-Gym-Heroes-1st-Edition-Holo-Brock-15-PSA-10-GEM-MINT-PWCC/353055594936?hash=item5233c0d9b8:g:vcMAAOSw~9FenIOF

Welcome to the forum, I’ve moved your post to the thread we already have on this topic!

[chavycat]

@surprisedpikachu

So recently on ebay I’ve seen a Gym Heroes 1st Edition Holo Brock #15 PSA 10 going on auction for $2k with 1 day 13 hours remaining. Why are people paying a premium for card that was only worth around $100 in the exact same condition 2 years ago? I mean, I don’t remember it being that popular.
www.ebay.com/itm/2000-Pokemon-Gym-Heroes-1st-Edition-Holo-Brock-15-PSA-10-GEM-MINT-PWCC/353055594936?hash=item5233c0d9b8:g:vcMAAOSw~9FenIOF

Not a lot of availability. Any WOTC hold with less than 50 psa 10 copies will get a couple grand easy

[surprisedpikachu]

So I currently have a copy of a psa 10 light arcanine 1st edition, any chance of it selling for $2k perhaps via auction from PWCC? POP 57 btw.

[pokemonargentina]

@pokemonargentina

@farawayisland

Thought it would be interesting to hear thoughts concerning the 1st ed Brock Holo on PWCC right now that’s already at $1,300 or so with 7 days remaining. Curious to see if the other PSA 10 trainer cards (Misty and Erika) on PWCC will follow suit.

I always thought these holo trainer cards had been overlooked compared to the Pokemon from the Gym Heroes/Challenge sets so it’s nice to see an increase, but I am wondering if this new price is sustainable.

Considering hairy poke balls sold his for $1500 I assume this one might be close to that. As for misty and erika I don’t think they’ll go nowhere near $1500 due to availability reasons.

Guess i was right on this one, there’s both Misty and Erika for BIN $350 right now and a couple copies up for auction.

I dont see Erika and Misty going over $350 on the current PWCC auction, why would you pay over 350 when you have BIN options even with Best Offer enabled.

[jcincy101]

Brock was a $100 card 2 years ago, 2000% gain wow. Regretting selling mine for $100 back in 2018 haha.

[dbmoney10]

@chavycat

@surprisedpikachu

Not a lot of availability. Any WOTC hold with less than 50 psa 10 copies will get a couple grand easy

So the majority of the base 2 PSA 10s should be a few grand?