Nice try IRS
(Im not even American)
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Its a site error feature that seems to auto translate with specific trigger words or spellings. I wrote the typical american english poorly and it autotranslated it to proper grammar while assuming it was originally italian(?).
I know no italian nor does the country want me to butcher their language with attempts at writing it.
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My whole collection, prob around 30% or under since im still buying decently which increases the percentage a lot.
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About 1%?
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69%
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Set cards: 5%
Ultra rare cards: 35%
Error cards: 65%
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I have no clue. It would be awfully difficult to check the market value for every card because prices changes so frequently these days.
If I had to guess:
- Normal Set Cards: 20%-30% (some set cards have 3x-5x)
- Chase Set Cards: 10%-20% (some chase cards have 5x-10x)
- PSA 10s: 3% - 30% (some desirable PSA 10s have 3x-30x)
- Trophies: 20%-30% (some of my trophy cards have 3x-5x)
- Signed Cards: 20%-50% (some desirable signed cards have 2x-5x)
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I haven’t been as diligent as others have been in tracking over the years. I’ve done spreadsheets but always grow lazy and stop updating eventually.
… If I had to guess, between 7.5-15% cost basis to total current collection value.
I am still actively buying, but the earlier purchases do the heavy lifting of course. That number is only getting higher now.
You’ll find the longer a collector has been around, and the more front-loaded their purchases, the lower that percentage will be (generally).
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No idea for sure, since prices vary a lot and I have over 25k+ items in my collection, but likely 10-15%, I guess.
Some things I’ve bought, especially the ones I purchased early on 10-11 years ago, have increased 10-20x in value compared to purchase price; other things, especially non-TCG Seviper stuff tbf, I’ve already bought overpriced, so are likely realistically worth half or 1/3rd of what I’ve paid.
All combined however, in the eleven years I’ve been collecting, almost everything has increased. So despite having spend A LOT in those eleven years on my collection in total, it’s likely worth 8-10x as much as what I’ve paid for everything. Sometimes it’s a scary thought how much everything is worth in total tbch..
Greetz,
Quuador
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Sounds like jealousy from someone who hasnt answered the question 
Rule 1 of fightclub is: Never tell randos on the internet your $ or any indication of value
I overpaid for all my cards by 69,69% and they are worth -$1 in total.
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It’s fine to not want to answer the question but why try to make fun of those who did?
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Thats fair but also why it asks for only percent instead of any value. Nobody needs to know value, just an interesting question for some.
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Cost is negligible, value is infinite. Theres several copies of my collection out there but none of them were the first 
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To any albanian mobsters in white sprinters currently scouting targets in eastern Norway; my collection is worth 198 krone and there are vipers of death in my basement.
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Because this is a forum with grown adults (mostly dudes) discussing pokeman - you did that yourself.
(Im aware that includes me)
Also it’s a slow day in the office
I just sold of bunch of my higher end graded cards and my average was 21%. All of them were purchased between late 2022 - mid 2024. If I accounted for everything it would probably be a little lower but those cards were the vast majority of my collections value.
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