It’s all relative, some of the cards in my collection most dear to me aren’t worth a pittance compared to my most valuable cards.
I think in the first 6 months where I actively collected my most valuable card was worth about $40.
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Fortunately not anymore. The person was known as “darkpersian” and was from australia. They were offering fake booster boxes for $30 each. They also made posts that to the average eye seemed plausible. One in particular was a fake hitmonchan/kangaskhan “error” card. Here is the actual conversation. Initially everyone was optimistic about the card, I was always skeptical. On the 2nd page you can see where I laid down the law, the Scott Law. 
This guy then joined this site after being banned on the gym. He joined showing a 2010 PSA 10 Zorua/Zoroark illustration set. At the time Julian was the only one with that high graded set. The same song and dance happened, and after checking the serial numbers with Julian’s cached auction, they were the same.
Also, this guy tried selling a fake prereelase raichu. They would buy real ones and apply a fake stamp. The guy was absolutely deplorable.
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Booster boxes for $30? That would be an obvious fake. Booster boxes should sell near $100 for newer sets and $500-700 for older sets.
First of all you are the worst.
Second of all that whole conversation and the way that DarkPersian talks and reacted is horrible, what a scumbag.
Has this DarkPersian been heard from since?
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He showed up every once and a while on pokegym @milhouse
However I at the time was much more active and I contacted some of the mods and they were able to remove him from the situation quite quick.
Stuff like this makes me even more appreciative of the current community, and how it is free of these bastards.
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It is difficult as there are always people trying to take advantage for monetary gain. There are always the opportunists/scumbags that you have to keep at a safe distance.
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May I see a picture of this Albino Zapdos??
I don’t pay attention much to the other gens…but *ahem* lulwutforsrs?
very cool darkrai, howd you go about obtaining it?
Sht darkpersian sounds very familiar to me for some reason, almost like I purchase somethjng from him recently. I gotta look through my history.
That’s a really cool error Zapdos. Never heard of it before today.
1st edition shining charizard (not graded)
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very nice card
When I was a kid, my friend’s dad collected all kinds of cards. One day, he started building his own packs of yugioh and pokemon cards to sell to the kids in the neighbourhood (or to whoever might want them). Each pack had 30-32 cards, and a holo in the front that you could see, so you could pick your favourite one. There was also a chance of getting an additional holo per pack, with a couple non-holo rares as well, and these packs only cost $5. I think he knew charizard was my favourite pokemon, or perhaps he saw that the shining charizard caught my eye when I saw it. Sadly, the shining charizard was not for sale. But one day he came outside after I finished opening a pack I bought off of him, and he gave me the 1st edition shining charizard for free since I was his best customer, and he knew I liked the card.
I wonder if he still collects.
I know the story wasn’t asked for, but I just felt like sharing 
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always makes it sweeter when it has a cool story with it, cheers
That’s such a cool story to go along with it 
jelly
Man, fuck darkpersian.
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On a more positive note, this is my favorite card:
Gifted to me by the amazing TheCharizardAuthority a.k.a Rusty a.k.a The English PokeZeus, we have here the crown jewel of my collection. One of very few pieces to survive The Great Sell-Off of 2014, it remains in its toploader, shining in the darkness of my closet.
When the Illustrator moved in, many of the residents of my closet thought he was the new king of the castle. But no, Mr. Metal Jumbo and I both knew very well that the Illustrator’s stay was only temporary, for the Illustrator is not someone you settle down with, no. The Illustrator is like that dangerous nomad that appears from nowhere, draws you in with his intrigue, and flips your life upside-down, only to blow away like the wind and leave you alone to deal with its aftermath.
I have made a promise to this card - you could say a pact, or a marriage vow. It is as follows:
I, Daelum, do solemnly swear that in no case nor circumstance, shall I rid of my possession, Sir Metal Jumbo of the Uncut Lands from the Era of the great WoTC testing, or Mr. Metal Jumbo for short. Neither rags nor riches, here nor there, death nor life, shall ever serve as a just cause for us to be separated for a period longer than a short while whilst maintaining a return unbeknownst to the both of us. In the event that we shall part indefinitely, the immediate action of 切腹 (Seppuku - Japanese ritual suicide) shall be taken due to overwhelming amounts of dishonor and shame.
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what a banger!