How do you see best offer? Last I knew none of the tools were working?
130point is working for me now at least.
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Jesus Christ. I know these are hard to grade (every one Iâve seen so far has a chip or other imperfection of some sort), but thatâs a fat price tagâŚ
Question regarding Sun & Moon Base Set.
Was this set massively printed to oblivion? Sealed boxes can still be picked up for under $200, and ETBs are barely above MSRP. This is a bit surprising to me considering that the set is nearly 5 years old (hard to believe, where has the time gone).
One of the online retailers I frequently buy from seems to always have Sun & Moon Base boxes in stock. Whenever their stock runs low, they magically seem to find a few dozen more boxes and increase their quantity available.
I know itâs not an amazing set, but it was the start of an era so that should count for something.
Anyway, Iâm just wondering if it being widely accessible is typical for a base set. Perhaps Sword & Shield Base will follow a similar path?
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@squirtle1000, Unpopular set printed generously and the first run was mappable.
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Any guess how many people collect/trade pokemon cards worldwide? Trying to figure out a demand thing using psaâs pop reports.
If youâre including extremely casual collectors, then (I would guess) millions. If youâre talking about slab collectors and/or people more serious about collecting, then significantly fewer than that. The vast majority of Pokemon card collectors (as far as I can tell) approach it very casually and have zero/very little interest in slabbed cards.
thanks, slabbed interest of unremarkable but good quality vintage cards psa 8-10 would have to be in the millions which Iâm not sure about, especially since psaâs backlog is millions, I think the market will be too flooded and it will always be 1 click away from getting any card at any grade but I could be wrong, maybe in 10 to 20 years Iâll check if theyâre still selling for current or better prices and revisit the idea of sending my binder.
PSA 8-10 is a wide range. If youâre talking WotC holo PSA 8s, then youâre usually better off selling raw when you factor in opportunity cost/time value of money/etc. If youâre talking WotC holos with PSA 10 potential, then you should definitely grade them (although, depending on the card, perhaps not at the current prices).
My collection only has about 30 wotc holos and theyâre not very pretty, itâs the 1999 and 2000 uncommons and common cards at psa 10 that I may have many of depending on how harsh psa is on them that go for $50-$100+ each currently according to pokemon price that could make me small margins when bulk grading resumes and hits a decent price (itâs not a rush). Donât know if there will be a market for these though in the future, definitely canât send anything in now.
Iâll check ebay and pokemon price over the years, see whatâs going on, hoping new generation of collectors will want 20+ old cards in decent shape and that there arenât that many and most were thrashed during play.
The UPC gold card saga continues. +7 to the Charizard pop and +1 to the Pikachu pop today.
So, 1 zard sold, 6 are listed, and the 1 pika is listed. Will be fun to see where the race to the bottom ends.
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$1000 for the Zard at the bottom?
Oh dear, not nearly as hard to get a 10 as it seemed before. That person with the 1st person was smart to drop asap and shows it was reaaaaaly dumb to gamble 10k+ on a card when it wasnât even established how hard it would be to get a 10 or not. Seems like even cp6 zard has harder time getting a 10 than the upc zard.
This is a random aside, but seeing as this is the general market thread I think this is kosher.
The prices of the amazing rares (Legendary Heartbeat, Shiny Star V) have absolutely plummeted form where they were a few months ago. I donât know if this is the invisible hand of the market catching up or what, but it is what it is. I can find amazing rare cards for 3-7 bucks USD on ebay, where they used to be 10-20 each. It used to be about 180-200 USD for the whole set, now I see complete sets of them going for 50-56 USD on ebay. Just food for thought.
Almost feels like the ye old days of the past where shining margikarps and gyradosâs were going for 15-20 bucks.
I have nothing to back this up with, but i would say a good rule of thumb is to assume anything labeled âbase setâ would be printed into oblivion. I know Sword and Shield Base Set is still in new packages/boxes/pokeballs released today, and I still see Sun and Moon Base Set everywhere also. In terms of the trading card game for playability i would assume they would want the Base Set to be widely available so everyone can get some kind of deck together, and every other set released would be an add on/expansion pack. Just my 2¢.
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Does anyone have thoughts on Probstein123?
Thereâs been some drama there, but heâs one of the big ones and keeps getting business.
Type this into google: probstein123 elite fourum site:efour.proboards.com
Youâll get a nice assortment of threads mentioning him or about him.
Will check this out thanks! I hear heâs infamous for bid manipulation, but no idea if those rumours ring true.
Man this guy does insane volume⌠Any idea if Probstien123 declares international shipments lower?