So I have these two perfect/ near absolutely flawlessly perfect Typhlosions from Neo Genesis; and yes I know I’m a big noob here still; but I have a lot of questions and you guys have been treating me wonderfully so far. So I have to ask this question. Am I a complete idiot or are these cards worth some great money?
I also have the Japanese version of #17. Also in flawless condition. I’m just wondering what something like these would sell for? IF that is I were to ever considering parting ways with them; which I’m HIGHLY not likely to.
Also… Please take a look towards the bottom of this post. There’s a Lugia out there at my local shop. It’s in absolute immaculate shape; and they only want $15 for it. Do you think it’s worth the grab? It’s the Japanese version of the Secret Rare Lost Thunder LugiaGX Secret Rare. The official titled name is “LugiaGX from Explosive Impact #108.” So is that worth the grab at only $15 in dang near FLAWLESS condition? Thanks for your inputs.
Generally, none of these cards is worth too much unless graded “Gem Mint”. If you want the cards then picking them up locally is your very best option. This way you can inspect them first and don’t have to deal with shipping, fees, etc.
The Japanese typhlosion goes for $30-40 in PSA 10 so it’s nothing like the English. I dont know how difficult the unlimited English #17 is to grade vs 1st ed so maybe someone else can speak to that. Its probably worth grading though
Definitely grade the Typhlosion #17. It’s unlimited so obviously not worth as much as the 1st edition, but there are still only TWO copies of the PSA 10 out there compared to 43 PSA 9’s. No public sales in the past three years of the PSA 10 version, but if you think it has a chance at that perfect grade definitely do it.
I’m being honest with you guys. I’ve never seen a more in line card with absolutely no mismatching sides. And there’s absolutely nothing wrong with the front. I definitely should send this out. Try to get 10 #3
Well I hope that’s a good thing and doesn’t mean something else or something bad. Lol. But thanks. I really hope that I can get these cards checked over. I’d give anything to have such a card in my honors. Considering that I’ve had it literally since I was 14 yrs old. And I literally had no idea what to do with them but make sure that they didn’t get any sort of touching/ damage done to them.
The main thing you want to look at for in #17 is print lines within the holo pattern. Bring it up to the light at every angle and see if there are any lines in the Holo, either vertically or horizontally (not scratches) but actual lines that came from the printing process of the card. #17s (and the whole set honestly) are infamous for print lines which stop them from being 10s
Minor note regarding the Japanese Typhlosion: there is an error version stating “60” at the attack and a corrected version stating “60+” at the attack. The corrected version is definitely way harder to find, so I can imagine it might affect the price as well (probably not much, since most sellers don’t know about the versions).
Although not that it matters here, since OP has the “60” version. Just thought I’d share some information for those interested. There aren’t many Japanese misprints out there.
Most Japanese set holos from Japanese Base - Neo Destiny are only worth $5. I wouldn’t be paying more than $20 for PSA 9 copies of them and $30 for PSA 10s of most of them.
Awe damn well thanks for posting this to me. I would have never known about this unless you posted this. So I have the misprinted version huh… That sucks. Wish I had the corrected version… Does that mean the misprinted version is more rare technically?
Thanks for this. I really appreciate it. I just looked at it under my special light; and I have absolutely NO marks AT all within the printing/ holo vertically or horizontally. It’s absolutely perfect. You don’t see a single line or scratch ANYWHERE in my #17
No, the corrected version is rarer and shorter printed, which is actually usually the case. Same applies to for example the update down vs corrected back versions of the POP5 Pikachu and Mew; the Blaine’s Charizard error vs corrected versions; the Legendary Birds WotC promos with erroneous and corrected illustrator; etc. Usually the misprinted version is printed quite a bit before they noticed the error, and if they then release a corrected version it’s usually short printed. But it also happens cards don’t get a corrected version at all, or the error versions is (a lot) rarer than the regular corrected version. Like the “d” edition Butterfree (pretty obvious why, since there are four Butterfrees on an Uncommon Jungle sheet, so 1/4 is misprinted with the “d” ink blob at the 1st edition. Or the foreign Copycat errors in German, French, and Italian; those are pretty hard to find as error as well, but corrected can be found everywhere for a few cents.
Ah well, I’m going way off-topic here, haha.
TL;DR: Your Typhlosion is indeed the “60” error version, and it’s less rare/valuable than the “60+” corrected version.
Really appreciate all the information; yeah I was doing some research on my own on that; and found out that I have the less rare one, and the less valuable one which is unfortunate but nonetheless; I’m extremely happy to be able to say that I own one.
There aren’t many Japanese misprints out there.