# The Giant English Market Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Market\ **Tags:** english, 2026, mega-thread\ **Created:** [March 10, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/the-giant-english-market-thread/61137 "2026-03-10T16:38:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 53
**Author:** ![Dyl](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/dyl/32/234623_2.png) [@Dyl](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Dyl)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 11:48pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/the-giant-english-market-thread/61137/1090 "2026-09-22T23:48:26Z")
> [@dalewilliamson](#): > > if low pops really dictate the market this much then psa 10 1999-2000 print zard at a pop 7 must be over 1mill now if it ever comes up for sale! ![image](https://efour.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/4X/0/5/e/05eb89ed499bbb0bd24009cc269ba030324c4278.gif) ![image](https://efour.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/4X/d/b/b/dbbfd28b5fb57dbcad4277705d29542d4e49bbcf.png) ---
**Author:** ![crindy](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/crindy/32/255860_2.png) [@crindy](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/crindy)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/the-giant-english-market-thread/61137/1091 "2026-09-22T23:53:53Z")
pop 7, not psa 7 šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Dyl](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/dyl/32/234623_2.png) [@Dyl](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Dyl)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 11:55pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/the-giant-english-market-thread/61137/1092 "2026-09-22T23:55:59Z")
Whoops! I was trying to be sassy and now I look foolish. ---
**Author:** ![pokeguac](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/pokeguac/32/253358_2.png) [@pokeguac](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/pokeguac)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 12:04am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/the-giant-english-market-thread/61137/1093 "2026-09-23T00:04:49Z")
I bought so many blue label CGC 8.5 Lv.X cards because I grew up with that era, had a lot of nostalgia for Lv.X cards, and they were dirt cheap. Iā€™m now almost complete with my (ungraded) binder Lv.X master set and am debating if I should just crack all my CGC slabs and submit to PSA and aim for 9s. Almost seems financially irresponsible not to. Even 8s seem to be selling for higher than Blue label CGC 8.5s on ebay, so weird. ---
**Author:** ![Dyl](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/dyl/32/234623_2.png) [@Dyl](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Dyl)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 12:07am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/the-giant-english-market-thread/61137/1094 "2026-09-23T00:07:47Z")
Unless you need the money, enjoy your cards and be thankful that you spent a fraction of what it would cost today. ---
**Author:** ![pokeguac](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/pokeguac/32/253358_2.png) [@pokeguac](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/pokeguac)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 12:11am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/the-giant-english-market-thread/61137/1095 "2026-09-23T00:11:49Z")
Yeah I mostly am leaning toward this approach, itā€™s just that I enjoy these childhood cards more in binder form anyway. The slabs are just something on top and were cool to display from time to time ---
**Author:** ![dodge\_44](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/dodge_44/32/107321_2.png) [@dodge\_44](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/dodge_44)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 12:24am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/the-giant-english-market-thread/61137/1096 "2026-09-23T00:24:18Z")
check out some of the recently graded 9s and compare your condition against em first if you go that route ---
**Author:** ![pokeguac](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/pokeguac/32/253358_2.png) [@pokeguac](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/pokeguac)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 12:28am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/the-giant-english-market-thread/61137/1097 "2026-09-23T00:28:40Z")
Yup def will. From looking so far, condition in general looks pretty similar. Those whitened corners are the main thing ---
**Author:** ![CardboardInsanity](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/cardboardinsanity/32/278651_2.png) [@CardboardInsanity](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/CardboardInsanity)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 6:38am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/the-giant-english-market-thread/61137/1098 "2026-09-23T06:38:13Z")
If a chicken sold for 2.7mil with a pop19, I canā€™t even imagine how a much more popular PokĆ©mon with less than half the pop is worth in todayā€™s marketā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![traineramy](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/traineramy/32/132565_2.png) [@traineramy](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/traineramy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 3:30am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/the-giant-english-market-thread/61137/1099 "2026-09-24T03:30:15Z")
Why would people pay a million for a niche unlimited card when they can get first Ed PSA 100 for 600k? šŸ¤” ---
**Author:** ![pokeguac](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/pokeguac/32/253358_2.png) [@pokeguac](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/pokeguac)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 4:13am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/the-giant-english-market-thread/61137/1101 "2026-09-24T04:13:56Z")
first they came for 1st ed base set, and i did not speak because i do not collect 1st ed base set then they came for gold stars, and i did not speak because i do not collect gold stars then they came for stamped reverse holos, and i did not speak because i do not collect stamped rev holos then they came for Lv.X cards, and there is no one left to speak for meā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![CardboardInsanity](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/cardboardinsanity/32/278651_2.png) [@CardboardInsanity](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/CardboardInsanity)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 4:50am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/the-giant-english-market-thread/61137/1102 "2026-09-24T04:50:50Z")
You forgot Tag Teams. > [@traineramy](#): > > Why would people pay a million for a niche unlimited card when they can get first Ed PSA 100 for 600k? šŸ¤” I dunno, why would someone pay nearly a million for a niche Lv X Garchomp? ---
**Author:** ![lolzicost](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/lolzicost/32/635_2.png) [@lolzicost](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/lolzicost)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 6:24am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/the-giant-english-market-thread/61137/1103 "2026-09-24T06:24:04Z")
![Screenshot_20260924_021954_Instagram](https://efour.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/4X/1/f/4/1f4b2e1843862f3b01cd727714046e96c8f1e65c.jpeg) Already down $100k šŸ˜­ ---
**Author:** ![CardboardInsanity](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/cardboardinsanity/32/278651_2.png) [@CardboardInsanity](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/CardboardInsanity)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 7:24am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/the-giant-english-market-thread/61137/1104 "2026-09-24T07:24:54Z")
![Screenshot_20260924_031428_Instagram](https://efour.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/4X/9/e/0/9e053e0f222fae7d86343e22774876bae8e5d1c3.jpeg)market cap now 123m. Still somehow below Van Gogh Pikachu. ---
**Author:** ![Paulkemon](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/paulkemon/32/274813_2.png) [@Paulkemon](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Paulkemon)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 5:05am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/the-giant-english-market-thread/61137/1105 "2026-09-24T05:05:25Z")
Not sure if yā€™all ever heard this story, but there was this story I heard long ago about this Wall Street investor who decided to sell everything that he had when the boy who was shining his shoes was giving him stock advice. Soon after the stock market crash of 1929 happened. (Hereā€™s a quick google overview) ![IMG_1877](https://efour.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/4X/b/c/f/bcfa06bd3aca7f895e5e6c93faaba9062bb22709.jpeg) I canā€™t help but think about the parallels with Pokemon and how everyone and their mother has some financial interest in Pokemon. These people arenā€™t collectors or even remotely interested in Pokemon at all, but they care about how much money it could net them. Anecdotally, my boss told me that his mom had found his old pokemon cards and called him because she knows that theyā€™re worth some money now. Then he took pictures of them and ChatGPT told him that one of them was worth $3,000 (it wasnā€™t, it was basing that off the PSA 9 price). So he called me all excited and asked how to best sell them. I had to then share with him the unfortunate news of the actual price of the card. I also noticed @CardboardInsanity post a picture of a shoe store now offering mystery bags where you could pull a graded Pokemon card. Iā€™ve also heard stories deep in the cabal of peopleā€™s motherā€™s and mother in laws asking E4 members about Pokemon and if thereā€™s money in it. To me, the parallel is worth mentioning, and my personal opinion is that the market is going to crash _hard_ once this all gets done. I wanted to know if anyone else had heard this story before and what their thoughts are on it. Iā€™d also like if yā€™all could share stories of people who would have otherwise not known anything about pokemon suddenly having a vested interest in the value of their cards/Pokemon cards in general? ---
**Author:** ![CardboardInsanity](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/cardboardinsanity/32/278651_2.png) [@CardboardInsanity](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/CardboardInsanity)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 5:18am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/the-giant-english-market-thread/61137/1106 "2026-09-24T05:18:45Z")
Iā€™ve heard the phrase ā€œwhen the shoeshine boys are giving stick tips, itā€™s time to sellā€. Never knew where the phrase originated from, though, interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Dyl](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/dyl/32/234623_2.png) [@Dyl](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Dyl)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 6:10am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/the-giant-english-market-thread/61137/1107 "2026-09-24T06:10:33Z")
Surely we donā€™t need a 1000th market thread on the same topic, do we? šŸ«  This should be merged to the Crazy Market thread. Yes, everyone is talking about Pokemon. Yes, desire to ā€œbuy-inā€ from people outside of the circle of original buyers is a possible top signal. This is how meme stocks work, how NFTs work, how shitcoins work. The major difference with Pokemon and other TCGs is that the physical items are desirable to collectors. They are not solely a vehicle to make money or to flaunt wealth, but clearly desirable for non-financial reasons that will create a solid floor. In simpler words, collectors donā€™t leave when speculators move on to the next thing, and this cushions the market from a total collapse like youā€™d see elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![fourthstartcg](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/fourthstartcg/32/163893_2.png) [@fourthstartcg](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/fourthstartcg)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 10:56am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/the-giant-english-market-thread/61137/1108 "2026-09-24T10:56:26Z")
Iā€™ve moved this to the giant market thread! Just a note that as @Dyl pointed out, we do not need 500 different threads with the latest market take. Market takes are fine, just put them in the right place so we donā€™t clutter up the forum! ---
**Author:** ![Slade](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/slade/32/104103_2.png) [@Slade](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Slade)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 11:09am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/the-giant-english-market-thread/61137/1109 "2026-09-24T11:09:32Z")
Iā€™m framing this in my homeā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![traineramy](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/traineramy/32/132565_2.png) [@traineramy](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/traineramy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 11:09am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/the-giant-english-market-thread/61137/1110 "2026-09-24T11:09:37Z")
Do people really know regular friends/family IRL that are pumping pokemon cards? I know I donā€™t. Only my collectibles friends and people Iā€™ve chatted with on IG have taken the leap lol [Previous page](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/the-giant-english-market-thread/61137.md?page=52) [Next page](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/the-giant-english-market-thread/61137.md?page=54)