Trade your ENTIRE collection for only ONE CARD?

My collection is extensive. I’ve been collecting since I was a child in 1999 and Pokemon started. All of my cards, many of them financially worthless are riceless to me for the memories and stories behind them. I still have the ponyta I traded a weedle for when it was new and we didn’t know anything about value. It was just a card I needed traded for one they needed. Simple and pure. Nothing can be worth trading for that.

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More 20th Festa Pikachu’s

Before I said I wouldn’t trade my entire collection for an Umbreon PLAY gold star. However, I would trade my entire collection for a Corvette C8. Car, Card, conservation of letters.

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Any of the handful of single cards with a demonstrated history of consistently selling for $100k+. So, like, an Illustrator, a handful of trophy cards, or a PSA 10 1st Ed Zard.

Pieced out, I don’t think my collection even approaches $100k (probably mid-to-upper seven figures), but there’s nothing in the $50-$100k range that I think is a safe enough investment that it would be worth yeeting the financial flexibility and personal satisfaction that comes with having a varied, interesting collection of multi-tiered value.

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You were looking for a trade?

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Rockets hitmonchan black label. (If I actually had to I’d take miracle diamond)

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A C7Z and an Umbreon PLAY. You my friend have 2 things that I want!

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i wouldn’t trade my umbreon play for a corvette c8.
lol

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The C8 will go down in value, and the Umbreon PLAY will keep doing its thing. I would never actually trade my collection, but a C8 would make me think about it a little bit, before saying no.

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A PSA 10 3rd Place Pikachu from the first tournaments! I love his little “I did it, too, guys!” face!

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Venusaur 1st edition base psa 10 would be the only card I would consider. It would be a hard decision though given I would be essentially trading away my whole collection to upgrade a psa 9 to a 10.

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I wouldn’t do it for any card. But I would seriously do it for the 1962 Nobel Prize gold medal for discovering DNA structure. This is the true holy grail for me.

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Absolutely YES no questions asked but It would have to be a lower grade Illustrator or a Pika Trophy.

Realistically, I likely could replace whatever I have now, even the truly rare items. However the longer time passes the higher the chance these cards end in diamond hands.

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Surprisingly there’s an ungraded one on eBay for $15k. I don’t follow this card closely so not sure how common ungraded copies are

www.ebay.com/itm/Pokemon-Japanese-Illustrator-Card-Rare-/324708771386?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

d’oh

That is a very bad fake. Not even close to passing off as real

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Newback :joy:

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Ah I should have checked the back of the card lmao

I’m here to say that I am fortunate enough to own my favorite card and more :relieved:

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Naw, man! I’m just too logical to get the joke. xD

I’d trade some of my sealed items for the Art Academy Mew, but not the whole thing.

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