blainies was ~4k and dark charbar was ~3k for years 
the new pokepumpers r weird 
do you think this is even the case for stuff that is indeed very scarce, like say dragonite expedition 10?
What price are you waiting for?
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I don’t own one (sadly), just think there are enough people currently willing to pay 20k for cards (ponchos, mario, etc..) that cards like that aren’t going down below that anytime soon
dat one hard to get in a poke not-pump i would list at 50k or something :seemslegit:
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I got the feeling that ever since that story of the Kabuto King many Kabuto cards completely skyrocketed.
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Lately I’ve been noticing a sharp rise of newcomers with specific collecting goals (species collectors, artist collectors, people wanting to collect a certain era etc.) who are willing to spend serious money.
This to say, for all the speculation/hype, which I agree exists, there is a swell of new people genuinely enjoying collecting without some hidden agenda. Personally I think this tracks with there not being an obvious cause for the boom we saw starting last year.
As scarce and old as some of these cards are, it’s hard to see a meaningful increase in supply… not to mention label collecting seems to be more prevalent ever, adding another spice to the sauce.
While I don’t think some of these prices are sustainable, I also don’t really see any imminent cause that will cause a wholesale crash, barring an extremely significant economic event. Maybe even then.
Having said that, there are some cards which feel cheap when compared to others. I started writing an example but didn’t want it to come across as too shilly
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The only thing I could think of, right now, is that a relevant chunk of people got carried away, holding large positions in expectation of a booming 30th anniversary demand that would fail to materialize. An underwhelming anniversary response might cause people to sell. Otherwise yeah probably a slow rebalancing and not a crash, if the easy money dries out and people just naturally get tired of Pokemon. We’ll see.
For the rest I agree, it’s just the other side of hype and attention on Pokemon. Many people got on board, likely with Pocket, and definitely the shift in buying/collecting habits is a real phenomenon. There are also those who genuinely buy into FOMO without any agenda, especially in the social media era.
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Modern singles speculation/investment is the funniest (saddest) thing in this market, it literally just boils down to:
What card do you predict will be shilled/bought out by an “investor” group or whale in the next 6-12 months lol
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A lot of amateur stock investors have a similar mentality. Impatience, ignorance/lack-of-skill. “I’m just buying what these people say, IDK and IDC why.”
you dont really need to be a super genius to predict whats gonna be a top modern card or set. Its the perfect recipe
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Fair enough. I always think back to the story of them dumping Mickey Mantle rookies in the ocean cuz no one wanted them… I wonder if anyone will be dumping modern chase cards 20 years from now…
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Came across this auction while researching items in recent bulk lot purchases. Good lord. I just got all but 2 of these (including gengar) for less than $40.
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Gengar tax + the word lenticular = 
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Don’t trust any price estimate services. They’re so hilariously bad it’s insane. Someone needs to program one that actually works.
The fact that Fanatics actually gives loans/cash advances out to people based on insurance numbers that come directly from Card Ladder is insane to me. I wonder if there are people actively taking advantage of it.
I could give so many examples of this, but one that stands out:
I bought this for $1200 in December. Based on the general market, I think it would probably auction today for between $1100 and $1500. It sure as hell wouldn’t sell for $7,295.
The way Card Ladder determined that price was an obviously fake $6000 sale on eBay last month, which set the price at $6000 immediately. And then Card Ladder just adds like an additional 5% to the estimated price every other week lmao
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yeah ofc, just thought it was funny PSA somehow decided on 10k for the charmander.
esp when there were 2k/1.7k sales days ago
4th print base is catching some heat there was a 17k offer for a psa 10 4th print machamp which respectfully was declined, I am slightly biased but imo it has alot of potential with growing awareness and low pop
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