I thought that was a crazy steal for giratina alt art but apparently that’s around the psa 10 price range on ebay and european prices on cardmarket are just crazy. Raw prices are that 350-400€ on minimum even without shipping and fees, also a very optimistic listing of psa 8 copy for almost 500€ 
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I do. Last night I actually purchased the Blue Sky Stream booster box.
Some auction results from Trade Society.
Wind from the Sea - Kingdra PSA 10 $800
Stamp Box Pikachu PSA 10 $240
Gym 2 - Giovanni’s Persian PSA 10 $80
Eevee Heroes - Sylveon Vmax PSA 10 $440
Split Earth - Umbreon PSA 10 $1,325 (fortunate to have won this one)
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Actual robbery on par with @quibble’s Local Game Charity Shop. Congrats!
Most of the world not having easy access to these auctions makes a huge difference.
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Prices are only trending downwards over here also. A good time to be a buyer fs.
I agree! 
@Bingbong Those are some fantastic bargains.
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Been a while since I posted on this as I haven’t been so active with auctions but this block had plenty of gold stars I thought members would be interested in.
Rayquaza Gold Star PSA 10 $13,880
Extra Battle Day Acerola PSA 10 $8,550
Daisuki Club 5,200pt Raichu PSA 10 $4,020
Charizard Gold Star PSA 9 $3,950
Mario Pikachu Authentic Saitou Auto $3,730
Torchic Gold Star PSA 10 $3,450
Giratina FA BGS Black Label $3,070
Latios Gold Star PSA 10 $2,805
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Charizard eCard Promo PSA 10 $2,350
Suicune Gold Star PSA 10 $1,940
Gyarados Gold Star PSA 10 $1,930
Masaki Promo Gengar PSA 9 $1,530
Alakazam Gold Star PSA 10 $1,420
Celebi Gold Star PSA 10 $1,375
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That’s the lowest price I’ve seen on the Zard in years
There’s a BIN listing for one much cheaper over here actually.
How much cheaper??? I can’t recall seeing a sale under $3000 since 2019 here in the US.
Sorry mate, my mistake. I thought you meant the gold star and then checked comps and realized you were talking about the ecard promo.
Wow that FA Mario Pika auto was quite low
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Don’t want to ruin the party, but who is buying and why auctioning in China non chinese cards ? it looks close to indecent…considering that the average China’s per capita disposable income is $13000 (per annum in 2024). Just looks weird. Just an out of the box opinion.
I watched this short video made some time ago on the China Pokemon scene which may give a good insight to your question. Also, I am sure every region has people who can spend more than the average income on hobbies!
Cheers!
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Don’t they auction Japanese cards in America and Europe? While most auctions are for Japanese cards over here (as they are worth more) Chinese cards also have a large market that is growing.
It’s safe to assume that the people collecting over here, especially at the mid/top end may not be doing it for the conventional reasons people do outside of China.
Also, I’m not sure where the $13k of disposable income stat comes from, however if you’re talking in USD, I’d expect that number is widely exaggerated or that the median is much lower. I checked google which suggests the average salary is around $4500USD a month and that is so far off it’s wild. $2k USD a month is considered a high salary for most people over here, especially outside of Shanghai and Beijing.
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This seems much more realistic. Anecdotally the majority of the local people I know that don’t own businesses earn about $1kUSD per month and are subject to a bunch of KPIs to even clear that.
That Toyota campaign was free money
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Why are we looking at average salaries to ask who’s buying cards when the average person doesn’t buy cards?
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