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Anyone familiar with the value of Pokemon cards? (Charizard lol)
#26978742 - 10/10/20 03:57 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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I have a base set shadow-less Charizard that I got from a trade I made with some neighborhood kid back around 1998 or 1999 (IIRC) when pokemon was starting to blow up in the US. From my understanding this "shadow-less" card is one of the rarest Charizard cards around, only the "1st edition" being more rare (?).
The card I have was never played and has spent most of its life in a protective sleeve in a box in a closet. To my eyes it is pretty much in mint condition, no bends or creases, no scrapes or marks seen by the eye, edges are in perfect condition. With a scope there are a few teeny teeny tiny scratches, but those aren't really seen or noticed with the eye.
I just randomly came across all of my old pokemon cards when I was cleaning out my closet so I can hang up and dry all of my weed in there lol. So I started to get curious about the value of the card and looked into a bit. I was expecting it to be worth maybe $100 to $200....I came across one site that was saying the card I have is worth about $50 to $75, but I thought it would be worth a little more than that (maybe it was an old website/page?).
But then I looked around on ebay and it looks like some folks are willing to spend $1,000+ and upwards for this card....Is this for real? I can't wrap my mind around if this is real and how much these cards are actually going for on ebay right now?
These are the listings for the card I have>>> https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1311&_nkw=shadowless+charizard&_sacat=0
The winning bid on this one was $2,900 https://www.ebay.com/itm/402476489289?autorefresh=true
The current bid on this one is $2,650 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Pokemon-Shadowless-Charizard-1999-PSA-8-Base-Set-4-102-Holo-Rare-NM-M-NEWEST-1/124371769994?hash=item1cf5229a8a:g:0oEAAOSwbIRffkNL
This one is listed for $5,400 https://www.ebay.com/itm/pokemon-shadowless-base-set-charizard-holo-PSA-BGS/402442744171?_trkparms=aid%3D1110009%26algo%3DSPLICE.COMPLISTINGS%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20200423103423%26meid%3D59e33157b6644f17be2d2728d9626e3a%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D402476489289%26itm%3D402442744171%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3Ddefault&_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850
This one is listed for $4,200 https://www.ebay.com/itm/BGS-7-5-w-9-CHARIZARD-1999-Pokemon-Base-SHADOWLESS-4-102-Holo-Rare-Near-MINT/363062845943?_trkparms=aid%3D1110009%26algo%3DSPLICE.COMPLISTINGS%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20200423103423%26meid%3D59e33157b6644f17be2d2728d9626e3a%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D402476489289%26itm%3D363062845943%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3Ddefault&_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850
This one for $1,200 https://www.ebay.com/itm/POKEMON-CARD-SHADOWLESS-CHARIZARD-4-102-HOLO-BASE-SET/124367290132?hash=item1cf4de3f14:g:OroAAOSwj1hfe3ed
Are these #'s for real? Those #'s are so much higher than what I thought it would be I'm having a hard time believing it.
Has the value of pokemon cards gone up recently or something?
For anyone that knows a thing or two about cards & collectibles, is this just a momentary spike in the value or will it likely continue to increase over the years?
I have some other rare cards too, but of course the Charizard is the crown jewel lol.
These cards have so much sentimental value to me and nostalgia that it'd be super tough for me to let go of them and sell, but if the Charizard is fetching four figure numbers right now then I am very tempted to do so.
I know I'd have to get it graded by PSA or Becket for it's true value to shine.
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Re: Anyone familiar with the value of Pokemon cards? (Charizard lol) [Re: openmind]
#26978746 - 10/10/20 03:59 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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You think that’s bad look at magic cards lol.
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Re: Anyone familiar with the value of Pokemon cards? (Charizard lol) [Re: openmind] 1
#26978781 - 10/10/20 04:19 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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get your cards graded and then you can determine their exact value
https://www.psacard.com/services/tradingcardgrading
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Re: Anyone familiar with the value of Pokemon cards? (Charizard lol) [Re: split_by_nine]
#26978783 - 10/10/20 04:22 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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charizard, shadowless, grade GEM MINT-10 is listing for over $25k
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Re: Anyone familiar with the value of Pokemon cards? (Charizard lol) [Re: split_by_nine]
#26978794 - 10/10/20 04:29 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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BGS > PSA
PSA 10s aren’t actual 10s.
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Re: Anyone familiar with the value of Pokemon cards? (Charizard lol) [Re: openmind]
#26978806 - 10/10/20 04:41 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Re: Anyone familiar with the value of Pokemon cards? (Charizard lol) [Re: SARAtonin]
#26978847 - 10/10/20 05:15 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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SARAtonin said: BGS > PSA
PSA 10s aren’t actual 10s.
good to know. i never had cards graded, just googled about it now lol
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Re: Anyone familiar with the value of Pokemon cards? (Charizard lol) [Re: split_by_nine]
#26978871 - 10/10/20 05:27 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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If you post pics of front and back I can give you an idea of what it will traded at but it will be a very rough grading because I know a bit about centering on the back of the card, whitening on the corner and just the edges of the card etc. Sounds awesome and I'd like a picture anyway if you can. Shadowless Charizards are even more rare because one guy owns 80% of 1st edition Charizards produced. He was even on pawn stars with his collection and an expert. I should say at the time he didn't have as much as he does now This actually tells a lot about the history of the Charizard 1st edition cards there rarity etc. He also explains if it's a great card Beckket grades harsher and some cards that grade 10 on Becket go for 30- 40 grand. Pictures would help to which company you want to get it grade from
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Re: Anyone familiar with the value of Pokemon cards? (Charizard lol) [Re: split_by_nine]
#26978872 - 10/10/20 05:27 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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I invest in a lot of high end magic cards and no one ever trusts a PSA grade.
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Re: Anyone familiar with the value of Pokemon cards? (Charizard lol) [Re: SARAtonin]
#26978875 - 10/10/20 05:29 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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I invest in a lot of high end magic cards and no one ever trusts a PSA grade.
That's interesting I guess that settles that part thanks for the info. If I ever get so lucky. Magic and pokemon are such amazing pieces of art really
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Re: Anyone familiar with the value of Pokemon cards? (Charizard lol) [Re: Seriously_trippin] 1
#26979157 - 10/10/20 09:44 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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My pokemon card collection booklet that i still have is so cool. Its got all 3 charizard blastoise veinasaur holographics, and all the best holographics of the first 150. i felt like such a gangster at school with that book in 1998. Probably not the super origionals that are worth money but, even if my collection was worth 10 grand i wouldnt sell it
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Re: Anyone familiar with the value of Pokemon cards? (Charizard lol) [Re: trees]
#26979165 - 10/10/20 09:51 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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If this is all true....I’m so glad I never threw out my cards. Ive got 2 of the charlizards and a bunch of the old holographics.
Who wants like 50 holos + 2 x charz✊ - $1k and it’s yours.
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Re: Anyone familiar with the value of Pokemon cards? (Charizard lol) [Re: The Blind Ass]
#26979166 - 10/10/20 09:51 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Re: Anyone familiar with the value of Pokemon cards? (Charizard lol) [Re: split_by_nine]
#26979201 - 10/10/20 10:20 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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split_by_nine said: charizard, shadowless, grade GEM MINT-10 is listing for over $25k

shit in like grade 5 I had that $800 Blastoise, got it in the first pack I bought, I didnt know anything about pokemon cards and traded it for like a couple commons
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Re: Anyone familiar with the value of Pokemon cards? (Charizard lol) [Re: The Blind Ass]
#26979211 - 10/10/20 10:30 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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The Blind Ass said: If this is all true....I’m so glad I never threw out my cards. Ive got 2 of the charlizards and a bunch of the old holographics.
Who wants like 50 holos + 2 x charz✊ - $1k and it’s yours.
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Re: Anyone familiar with the value of Pokemon cards? (Charizard lol) [Re: openmind]
#26979429 - 10/11/20 03:34 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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I have a ton of old magic cards from when magic originally came out, all in pristine condition. It's my collection from when I was a kid. I sometimes wonder if some of them are valuable, but I could never sell any of it anyway. It's all stuff from like the first couple of years of magic, and I know at least some of the stuff was rare at the time. Still, I could never sell it, but I do wonder about it sometimes.
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Re: Anyone familiar with the value of Pokemon cards? (Charizard lol) [Re: split_by_nine]
#26986479 - 10/15/20 05:49 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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The Blind Ass said: If this is all true....I’m so glad I never threw out my cards. Ive got 2 of the charlizards and a bunch of the old holographics.
Who wants like 50 holos + 2 x charz✊ - $1k and it’s yours.

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Re: Anyone familiar with the value of Pokemon cards? (Charizard lol) [Re: The Blind Ass]
#26986574 - 10/15/20 07:52 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Sara with some bullshit. People don’t pay for psa 10s because they’re fake. I’ll give you that Beckett, maybe is harder cuz they have the 9.5s but gtfo with psa 10s aren’t 10s. If any of my cards graded out to a psa 10 I’d be ecstatic, how many cards have you bought RAW and had graded. Also a psa 9 and a bgs 9 look exactly the same. I don’t buy the psa case for one second. The guy with a Honus Wagner t-206 got it sold by psa, I hate when people talk about how psa tens don’t count its stupid af
I just looked and apparently psa does give out half point grades now
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Re: Anyone familiar with the value of Pokemon cards? (Charizard lol) [Re: theRealrollforever]
#26986578 - 10/15/20 07:55 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Any actual collector will back exactly what I’m saying. PSA is also well known for grading counterfeit cards.
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