Noticed this as well. I passed on some English modern Alt arts a month or two ago because they kept going up but noticed many of them had dropped (not quite to pre-boom levels) a decent amount.
I find it’s mostly vintage PSA 10s and various “low pop flavor of the week” that keep going up (Base 1st is also having its day). Quite a few other classes of cards (including many Gold Stars) have held or retraced slightly from their highs.
I’ve noticed the same thing re: which cards are going up right now.
We’ve already seen 1-2 instances of mini-spikes this year on ultra modern, so I assume it will be similar with these cards will settling into a price a bit above where they were 2 months ago. I’m very curious to see if we get another mini spike before the market starts to cool down.
Sm210 (stained glass birds) and Sm191 (mew3) have been going down in price. I think we could start to see a cool off soon on some of the more populous cards that have boomed recently.
how does this card get a CGC 10 Pristine with such scratches on the surface ?!?
CGC is super inconsistent. I have a couple good vintage pristines, but most that have gone through my hands I’ve sold b/c of scratches, dents, etc. One day I’ll make a thread as I’ve saved photos/videos of the bad ones.
Tbh the funnier thing here to me is Fanatics showing off the card and scratches at an angle on IG, and people bidding on this copy b/c of the label
Journey Together SIR’s are low, Temporal forces are the lowest they’ve been in a long time, and Rayquaza prices are actually reasonable. Might get a few rayquazas before the Mega set…
is it finally Milotic ex/Salamece ex time vert?
Temporal SIRS:
Journey Together SIRS:
Lillies Clefairy (the one I pulled): 140.12
Salamance: 74.04
N’s Zoroark: 58.66
Ionos Belibolt: 43.30
Hops Zacian: 35
Salamance from JT? Probably, but wait a bit to confirm (I’m not a mind reader)
Millotic from Surging? Not to sure, still has dropped a bit.
I’m gonna be buying N’s Zoroark, Hop’s Zacian, Lillies Clefairy, Raging Bot, Gouging Fire, and Walking Wake.
A lot of paldea evolved cards are down too!
I only buy them if my LGS has well centered copies but starting now I will start checking when I visit
Oh yeah if they have Japanese vintage singles def grab some, I agree with people here when they say its undervalued
How was that question not better directed at Google with actual sources to back it up?
People should really not use ChatGPT as Google, but of course the cat is out of the bag already.
The seller, from their hot air balloon:
This is the card that was posted above with all the scratches on the Holo I assume?
tbf kurt is just a known brand that has garnered main stream attention in the social media age.
people have been polishing cards forever
Eh not to the extent it is now. You never saw it publically shared.
There was a time when people didn’t weigh packs either. Very few probably knew about it before it was shown and talked about
@eeveeteam is right, pre 2020 card cleaning was barely mentioned. Especially 2016 and prior.
do modern cards even need polish? I cant remember opening up a pack fresh modern card and thinking “ oh man this is all scratched up thats too bad”
For vintage holos maybe yeah. even pack fresh. I can see someone cracking a psa5 and trying to remove all the scratches to upgrade a psa7 and cash in on the price difference.
But on a new release like umbreon 161 or like zard from phantasmal? I have no fears of buying a polished product. My issues 9 times out of 10 are bad centering or corner damage. with the other 10% being bad cut, missing textures, or printer hickeys
Modern cards aren’t getting polished. But are having their corners modified to look better
