WTB Base Set 1st Edition Charizard Psa 8-9

[neverforget50in07]

I’m grateful that I have a Psa 9 1st ed Charizard, but the money being offered for this card is tempting to sell. If this card ever consistently sells for 50k, I might just have to let it go.

[yz2428]

@neverforget50in07

I’m grateful that I have a Psa 9 1st ed Charizard, but the money being offered for this card is tempting to sell. If this card ever consistently sells for 50k, I might just have to let it go.

what do you think you’ll do with the cash?

[joakimstore]

@algo

I’ve been in this hobby for 10 years and never could have predicted such insanity.
I sold because I wanted to teach myself to be able to let go of certain things with sentimental value, even prized possessions.

I feel like life and the hobby has bent me over and shafted me up the azz–the worst time in history to sell, ever.
I must have been a real pos in a past life to deserve that.
A hobby I once loved has now left a bitter taste in my mouth.

Also, the people who are paying these prices are 100% investors/speculators not collectors at all.

Whomst angry veteran collector

[lolzicost]

@algo

@wisewailmer

haha well luckily I put all the sale money back into pokemon so Im not super upset. It is rough but I hope to recover with some graded stuff returning soon

I’ve been in this hobby for 10 years and never could have predicted such insanity.
I sold because I wanted to teach myself to be able to let go of certain things with sentimental value, even prized possessions.

I feel like life and the hobby has bent me over and shafted me up the azz–the worst time in history to sell, ever.
I must have been a real pos in a past life to deserve that.
A hobby I once loved has now left a bitter taste in my mouth.

Also, the people who are paying these prices are 100% investors/speculators not collectors at all.

I understand you being upset but your experience is nothing special. I’m pretty sure almost everyone undersold their cards. It comes down to how you took the lose. When I saw my cards skyrocketing within a few weeks after I sold them I came to realize there were some opportunities ahead. You should’ve reinvested that money back into the hobby when you saw your card going up in value after you sold it.

It was impossible to foresee prices go up so insanely high, but around April it should’ve been clear with the kind of people coming in that prices were destined to go higher. I don’t know where things will go from here, but I feel like there will be people who are worse off than you when these cards finally stop going up in value.

[pokedreamer]

@lolzicost

@algo

I’ve been in this hobby for 10 years and never could have predicted such insanity.
I sold because I wanted to teach myself to be able to let go of certain things with sentimental value, even prized possessions.

I feel like life and the hobby has bent me over and shafted me up the azz–the worst time in history to sell, ever.
I must have been a real pos in a past life to deserve that.
A hobby I once loved has now left a bitter taste in my mouth.

Also, the people who are paying these prices are 100% investors/speculators not collectors at all.

I understand you being upset but your experience is nothing special. I’m pretty sure almost everyone undersold their cards. It comes down to how you took the lose. When I saw my cards skyrocketing within a few weeks after I sold them I came to realize there were some opportunities ahead. You should’ve reinvested that money back into the hobby when you saw your card going up in value after you sold it.

It was impossible to foresee prices go up so insanely high, but around April it should’ve been clear with the kind of people coming in that prices were destined to go higher. I don’t know where things will go from here, but I feel like there will be people who are worse off than you when these cards finally stop going up in value.

Imagine how someone like Rusty would feel if they just always looked back on previous sales… It’s hard not to do, but you gotta have thick skin and adapt. That being said, we are for sure in crazy times. Pokemon is the new bitcoin. lol

[neverforget50in07]

@yz2428

@neverforget50in07

I’m grateful that I have a Psa 9 1st ed Charizard, but the money being offered for this card is tempting to sell. If this card ever consistently sells for 50k, I might just have to let it go.

what do you think you’ll do with the cash?

Put it back into the hobby.

[belch]

@yz2428

@neverforget50in07

I’m grateful that I have a Psa 9 1st ed Charizard, but the money being offered for this card is tempting to sell. If this card ever consistently sells for 50k, I might just have to let it go.

what do you think you’ll do with the cash?

Cocaine and hookers - both on the premium scale

[coelacanth]

@sgpokecollect

A friend of a friend recently got into buying charizards from the youtube videos, and my friend introduced him to me.

The guy was, and I shit you not, literally clicking BIN on whatever wotc base/base 2 charizard that is available in PSA 7-9 below 1k. He also clicked BIN on numerous ungraded zards to send to psa in hopes of a 10. He spends a couple grand every single day over the past few week, addicted to the price increases and gains over the last month.

No passion, limited genuine interest, just pure greed in hoping that it’ll go up some more. It was hilarious and appalling, but also very helpful for me to finally understand how did prices go up so much.

At least in the near term, I reckon we are closer to the top than the bottom, especially for the lower end and lower grade stuff. The ending is not going to be pretty for a lot of these speculators.

This is an unbelievably frightening image

[modernrocket]

@algo

@wisewailmer

As someone who sold a psa 8 for 3k in january this is very painful to see

You and me both brother, I sold my psa 9 for 7k around March I think…biggest financial mistake of my life. Now I’m cashing out the rest of my cards and I’m like f@#! this hobby, I’m done with it.

Look on the bright side… it was a record high price before smpratte
sold one of his for 10k a few weeks later.

[teraz]

@algo

@wisewailmer

As someone who sold a psa 8 for 3k in january this is very painful to see

You and me both brother, I sold my psa 9 for 7k around March I think…biggest financial mistake of my life. Now I’m cashing out the rest of my cards and I’m like f@#! this hobby, I’m done with it.

If you are upset with that decision, why would you sell everything else you have? Don’t you run the risk of losing out on future gains for cards you still own? It just sounds like that will increase the bitterness you already feel.

[qwachansey]

Don’t quit over lost potential. Sometimes you have to laugh through the tears. Everyone has sales they regret.

If it makes you feel better, to my knowledge I am the only person in Pokemon to have done something quite this dumb: June 2016, sold some cards including my PSA 10 1st Ed. Blaine’s Charizard for $190 + shipping, because I had just bought some bitcoin and wanted to buy more.

Wow! At least I got bitcoin out of it – that must have made me some money, right? Wrong, I turned pessimistic and spent it all. That’s TWO horrible financial decisions from ONE Pokemon sale! Can’t top that lmao!

[zorloth]

@sgpokecollect

A friend of a friend recently got into buying charizards from the youtube videos, and my friend introduced him to me.

The guy was, and I shit you not, literally clicking BIN on whatever wotc base/base 2 charizard that is available in PSA 7-9 below 1k. He also clicked BIN on numerous ungraded zards to send to psa in hopes of a 10. He spends a couple grand every single day over the past few week, addicted to the price increases and gains over the last month.

No passion, limited genuine interest, just pure greed in hoping that it’ll go up some more. It was hilarious and appalling, but also very helpful for me to finally understand how did prices go up so much.

At least in the near term, I reckon we are closer to the top than the bottom, especially for the lower end and lower grade stuff. The ending is not going to be pretty for a lot of these speculators.

The Pokemon investing equivalent of ‘facerolling.’

[collector91]

@qwachansey

Don’t quit over lost potential. Sometimes you have to laugh through the tears. Everyone has sales they regret.

If it makes you feel better, to my knowledge I am the only person in Pokemon to have done something quite this dumb: June 2016, sold some cards including my PSA 10 1st Ed. Blaine’s Charizard for $190 + shipping, because I had just bought some bitcoin and wanted to buy more.

Wow! At least I got bitcoin out of it – that must have made me some money, right? Wrong, I turned pessimistic and spent it all. That’s TWO horrible financial decisions from ONE Pokemon sale! Can’t top that lmao!

Oh man, this one hit me in the feels. Great positivity though. Gotta laugh through the tears.

[PokemonClassics]

@qwachansey

Don’t quit over lost potential. Sometimes you have to laugh through the tears. Everyone has sales they regret.

If it makes you feel better, to my knowledge I am the only person in Pokemon to have done something quite this dumb: June 2016, sold some cards including my PSA 10 1st Ed. Blaine’s Charizard for $190 + shipping, because I had just bought some bitcoin and wanted to buy more.

Wow! At least I got bitcoin out of it – that must have made me some money, right? Wrong, I turned pessimistic and spent it all. That’s TWO horrible financial decisions from ONE Pokemon sale! Can’t top that lmao!

I sold one of my three 1st Edition PSA 9 Zards for $700 back in 2013. That was a great price at the time. It hurts looking back on it, but that cashflow helped me attain a lot of other cards I needed.

[tobiasfrida]

I miss january. Paid $213 for that card

[shadowless]

@tobiasfrida

I miss january. Paid $213 for that card

January 2016?

[tobiasfrida]

@shadowless

@tobiasfrida

I miss january. Paid $213 for that card

January 2016?

January 2020, $213 for a 10 1st edition yellow cheeks

[shadowless]

@tobiasfrida

@shadowless

January 2016?

January 2020, $213 for a 10 1st edition yellow cheeks

Ah, this thread is about 1st Ed Charizards though

[tobiasfrida]

@shadowless

@tobiasfrida

January 2020, $213 for a 10 1st edition yellow cheeks

Ah, this thread is about 1st Ed Charizards though

Was a response to the comment above :3

[shadowless]

@tobiasfrida

@shadowless

Ah, this thread is about 1st Ed Charizards though

Was a response to the comment above :3

Ha! I completely overread that! Was already wondering when PSA 8 Charizards were 200$ the last time haha