you’re forgetting the other half… its supply AND demand. The card has a demand that far outweighs the supply hence the price. Prices don’t just get made up by a fairy, people are willing to pay X amount for this card (I’ve seen a 10k offer on this forum very recently).
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Precisely this 
you can have a pop 1 clefairy doll for example or a insanely hard card to grade of a popular Pokémon. What’s gonna be more sort after ? Obviously the example is rough but you get the idea. There has been numerous people after this card for years and now 1 has recently been graded it refuels the fire for them
We will have to agree to disagree. Thankfully I don’t have to spend my hard earned money on a card that will never be worth what I paid. So you think this card should sell for more than ray? You really think that card is the 3rd or 4th most expensive set card?
Yep lol
Clearly you must own one. Lol
I wish
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which part are you disagreeing with, and why? you havent come up with a counter argument other than ‘i dont think its worth that much’
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It’s all about comparisons and its not worth more than ray or an entire neo genesis 1st edition box. If you really think that card is going to take off than that $6500 b/o box on eBay right now is looking pretty good. That sealed box always has the potential to pull that card and will loosely correlate with the most expensive cards in the set.
No it doesn’t. The print quality with neo genesis is ABSOLUTELY trash. Every card has print lines, if you’ve followed the set or opened these packs you would know just how awful it is. Print lines on every card, and many of them.
7 have been graded, meaning only 7 people have complete PSA 10 1st edition neo sets, thats absolutely tiny.
So demand is there.
Card from an awesome/nostalgic set + impossible to grade due to horrible factory print + starter + 1st edition = the value.
Your pikachu cards are probably pop 1 because no one wants to, or has started grading them.
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Yeh for sure has the potential to pull that card but chances of it being a 10
As we’ve seen numerous times are very very slim
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I’m beginning to think you own a gold star ray ? And are trying to hype
It
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I’ve opened a 1st edition base box, 4 skyridge boxes, 1st edition neo destiny, several 1st edition Jungle, etc. you get the point so I understand what your saying with the print lines and such. Maybe I was unlucky but the worst print quality I ever saw was on 1st edition Jungle actually. Opened 3-4 boxes and only got a small handful of 10’s on the Holos.
@pikazard23
Not a hype card by any means, there are countless people besides myself who have hunted the PSA 10 version for years without any luck. Check page 3, there’s a great example of massive horizontal scratches that happen to be too common sight with certain Neo Genesis holos. Pop 7 simply reflects the harsh reality.
Tbh. I should update the ~1 year old offer but it still wouldn’t be best of them all. It’s insane how the pricing for this card has changed over the years, first PSA 10 Typhlosion sold for $200 or slightly more.
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In fact, some quick math shows us:
*Chances of pulling Typhlosion 63.16% (19 holos in the set, 12 holos per box)
*Chances of grading a Typhlosion at a PSA 10 is 1.83%
*Chances of pulling and grading a PSA10 Typhlosion 1.16%
So in theory, you would need to buy and break about 100 boxes to insure a Gem Mint pull. As someone who is just a Typhlosion and Slowking away from completing this set myself, I can tell you that the price is justified.
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Case closed
Let me just end with I’m happy I’m not pursuing this card cause I probably couldn’t find it and certainly wouldn’t pay what they would be asking. 
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Can someone with more knowledge reference some sports cards where psa 10s are super scare and worth a lot more than 9s? I know there are a lot of these examples out there, just don’t remember off the top of my head. It is a similar situation we have here with this specific card.
Where’s the cheaper option?
O-pee-chee Gretzky and rookie Mickey Mantle are some of the most well-known. Mantle the 9s are still worth a bunch but for Gretzky I believe the 10 vs 9 price disparity is large.
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1979 OPC Gretzky rookie is one of the hardest cards to grade. Only 1 10 for years, until another was graded recently. They were cut with wires so even 9s had some perforation. The last 10 sold for $450,000.
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