QotD: What is a memorable trade you made?

[Quuador]

From a post of a few days ago:

@Quuador

One I’ll always remember, was my first trade.

I was 7 years old when me and my little brother were just zapping through channels on TV when we were intrigued by a boy throwing a red-white ball at a caterpillar (end of episode 2), and we were hooked on Pokémon since.
About 1-2 weeks later our parents bought us both our first Pokémon booster pack, unlimited edition English Base Set. Both of us pulled a holo, my little brother an Alakazam and I a Chansey.

A few days later I showed them to friends and other kids on the school playground. One of the older kids asked if I would want to trade his Vulpix, Pidgey, and Pidgeotto for my Chansey. As a kid I only cared about more cards, and didn’t care about holos much at all, so a 1 for 3 trade was a no-brainer for me, and I immediately accepted.

Later that same week I was downstairs when my parents were watching the 8 o’clock news, and they also mentioned how the Pokémon craze took the country by storm. They also mentioned how some cards were worth about 100 Gulden (old Dutch currency) adult collectors were willing to pay, and they showed a Charizard, and.. you guessed it, a Chansey.
At the time, I had no idea there even were different versions like 1st editions or Shadowlesss, and I doubt the news reporter did either, but because of that news message showing the Chansey, I still remember that first trade I did to this day.
After that I’ve been more careful and thoughtful about trades, for a kid at least. I’ve also bought that Chansey for like 3 bucks 5-6 years ago (as well as a Reverse Foil Legendary Collection Moltres, another card I once traded away), for nostalgia sake.

Apart from that, I haven’t done that many trades that are really ‘memorable’. Regardless, here are some trades I remember as a kid:

1. My English unlimited holo Jungle Snorlax for an English WB Mewtwo promo
2. My Legendary Collection Reverse Foil Moltres for an (international version) Ancient Mew [I wasn’t sure either card were real when I did the trade at the time, haha ]
3. My Ancient Mew for a Japanese Gold, Silver, to New World… (Neo Genesis) Steelix

As for more recent trades, they’ve almost all been done with @mdlsoares. Some duplicated Pikachu of mine that he was at the time still missing, for Portuguese Pikachu autographed by Portuguese voice actors. Some examples of those:

Two Portuguese Pikachu autographed by the Portuguese voice actress for Ash and Jessie for the DP era onward: Raquel Rosmaninho:

Portuguese voice actress for Ash and Jessie, but this time for the Advanced season (2002-2006): Bárbara Lourenço:

Henrique Feist, who sang the season 1 intro for the Portuguese Pokémon anime; basically the Portuguese Jason Paige. Although he’s more commonly known for voicing in the Portuguese Dragon Ball franchise.

That reminds me, I think Miguel has one more autographed Pikachu in his possession we’d still have to trade for.

And my most recent trade, which was last month, has been with @Xyelios, whom had a misprinted French Flying Pikachu V (completely missing it’s smooth texture), which I’ve traded for my semi-glossy Unbroken Bonds Spritzee and Litten.

Thanks again for the trade(s) both of you!

Greetz,
Quuador