Seeking Historical Data on Early Pokémon Card Market (Graded Cards & Singles)

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You might appreciate this, some of the earliest cards graded

PSA 1999 Japanese Neo Labels - "Double White Star"

PSA Double White Star Label [Neo 1 Logo] [image] [source, Beckett Magazine] In 1999, a entire new generation of Pokemon was being revealed in Japan. This is before the widespread adoption of the Internet. Beckett Pokemon Collector Magazine has a showcase of “100 New Pokemon”, using a set of unofficial drawings including the “Serebii” shown here. Information from Japan was limited and translation tools were not available. English names for Generation 2 did not exist yet. This was the br…

The CD promos, Cool Porygon, birthday Pikachu were also some of the earliest graded Pokémon cards that were imported and graded en mass for the USA market