www.geek.com/games/mint-condition-set-of-pokemon-cards-sold-for-107k-1799762/
Via Goldin auction. Sold for 107k. I remember the last, complete set selling north of 130k just last year. There were 13 bidders involved which is a lot of interest, and it looks as though Goldin did an excellent job marketing this. Will this downward trend continue? Why is the market suddenly cooling off being in an improved economy?
Because it wasnt shadowless
Outside of a few exceptions, Pokemon isnāt seen as an investment.
Okay, thatās a fair argument. But many in the hobby point to this set as being the grail. I know a sealed box of base set 1st edition wont include all 103 cards in psa gem mint quality so whatās going on with the future of the hobby is the question Iām asking.
Two data points donāt make a trend
Edit.
The set I was referring to sold in the same ballpark a couple of years ago.
It is the āholy grailā set. Thereās no doubt about that and no other set would overtake it in value. (Not including āsetsā of trophy cards, prize cards like Art Academy, etc.)
Not sure how anyone can say anything conclusive from 2-3 recent sales. Just north of $100k is a solid sale and itās still leaps and bounds above what the set sold for many years ago. Itās a proven collectible in the eyes of the public. Where it goes many years from now is still up in the air. None of us can predict itā¦
Yes, this downward trend will continue.
Because a natural pull back after being up 1000% in the last 5-6 years is out of the question? Why would you expect Pokemon to be different from any other investment and continue to explode up at unprecedented levels? A card drops a little and people think the sky is falling. A 15-20% drop from all time highs is significant but not unreasonable by any means after the growth that was experienced.
Are people that out of touch with reality that a 20 year old set earning 6 figures is considered bad? That is some hardcore cynical tunnel vision. Please direct me to any set of the same age and comparable rarity earning the same price.
Graded set cards have settled, some with negligible peaks and valleys, some more drastic. Meanwhile all wotc boxes have done nothing but grow, as well as anything rare/scarce, included some graded set cards. Markets are always in motion; there is no one permanent answer.
Iām looking at this and seeing several interested parties at two separate points in time willing to spend $100,000 or more on high-end Pokemon.
You have to have tunnel vision and amnesia to overlook how monumental that is. This is the hallmark of the new era.
Hahaā¦BINGO. āhardcore cynical tunnel visionā is an understatement. Are we all spoiled or what?
I put together 4 of these sets (holos only) years ago for a customerā¦3 thin 1 thick. He paid about 30,000.00usd. A few years later I bought them all back for 40,000.00. Now, JUST ONE CHARIZARD IS WORTH THAT.
This 107k sale means nothing, either positive or negative.
Whatās with all the mainstream articles saying the Charizard is worth $20k? All recent sales have been well above that
The PSA/SMR Price Guide still shows it in that range, so that must be the going rate 
www.psacard.com/smrpriceguide/non-sports-tcg-card-values/1999-poke-mon-game-1st-edition/2432
Price difference its probably more due to the rares and some of the uncommons rather than the holos.
If anybody can find me some for that 20,000.00 Iāll pay a 5,000.00 finders fee.
Iāll pay a $10,000 finderās fee 
100k for a house or 100k for a complete PSA 10 1st edition base setā¦ I guess living with my mom for the next 30 years wont be so bad.
Look on the bright side, maybe after 30 years, you can afford a $1 million house selling the cards 
Well, I did the math on these two data points and look what I found:
2018 ā 130k
2019 ā 107k
2020 ā 84k
2021 ā 61k
2022 ā 38k
2023 ā 15k
2024 ā -8k
So, in just a few years Iāll be able to pick up complete sets and people will pay me 8k for it!
You canāt argue with factual data points, right?