I’ve checked PSA and Ebay sold listings and have only been able to find data on Entei sales in 2021 $10,300 (on 5/29/21), Suicune and Raikou only have PSA data from 2020, as well as one on Ebay that was a best offer listing and doesn’t tell me the actual sale price.
Does anyone have a read on the current market value of the English 1st edition Suicune, Raikou, and Entei holo’s from Neo Revelation in PSA 10?
If not, does anyone have a read on how much more or less Raikou and Suicune are typically sold for compared to Entei? This would allow me to back into a range of market prices for Raikou and Suicune using the data from Entei.
International shipping is not always an option for eBay listings, so one loses the rest of the world as bidders in those auctions unless people have 3rd party buyers or other ways to bid and facilitate the purchase. Many collectors who would target those cards, which I’d consider to be higher end blue chip WOTC set cards with low 10 pops, are prepared to buy at the more usual Pokemon card auction houses.
That said, the floor I gave you is my personal opinion in today’s market. Others may disagree.
EDIT: Also, condition matters. Not all PSA 10s are the same so that variation should be accounted for as well.
Ultimately asking this question as I’m torn between a 1st Ed PSA 10 Suicune versus allocating those funds to 1st Edition PSA 10 Base. Goal is to collect/hold the cards for many, many years. I know Suicune is a bit more niche but also far rarer from a population standpoint, but 1st Ed. Base is THE set, and it’s hard/impossible to compete with that.
What pulls me towards Suicune is knowing that much of the price appreciation for 1st Ed Base has been concentrated in the big 3 which are out of my financial reach.
The fund mind games you play with yourself when you’re getting back into the hobby…
Yeah that’s a tough one. If I had to guess or speculate I’d say the suicune performs better but will be less liquid than a 1st base holo card PSA 10. In saying that, I’d recommend to purchase the one that you like more (Pokémon or artwork) and fits your collection goal more. I do think we eventually reach a point where the big 3 stop outperforming the rest of the 1st base holos (maybe it’s already happened?). Someone else could share some insights on that.
As for auctions, I do remember a public auction for entei that ended for exactly 16k if my memory serves me correct. Would have been earlier this year (and prices have fallen a bit since). And yeah auctions generally always go for less than BINs (unless the market is going insane and there’s no supply of BINs - we saw this in 2020 a bit).
I’ll complicate it further for you. Since value speculation seems part of the decision, consider Gyarados secret rare in a 10. Higher pop, but probably one of the most iconic arts in the hobby, with a similar price point. Also has the best holo bleed of the Neo Revs if you can find one in a 10. And if you did, that would be a no brainer for me in what I would do.
From my own exp, hunting down suicune is much harder than the two other dogs. I reached out to almost every suicune owner on IG last year with very good offers and nobody wanted to sell, whereas I got my entei and raikou within a month of searching. It just seems like people have more love for suicune in general. Now that the market is cooling a bit, it might be a good chance to secure a copy for yourself.