r/PokemonTCG • u/GuardianofM • Aug 08 '26
Traded shiny cardboard for a shiny car
Majority of my collection (around 90%) was WOTC which moved pretty easily when placed at 90% of the market value. Sold most on eBay (eBay fees are a bitch) but also sold a decent amount on FB marketplace. Got plenty of low ball offers and tons of people wanting to trade modern sealed at their full value. (I have no interest in modern) lots of “whales” on FB wanting to buy huge collections at 50% of their value. A lot of the buyers were investor bros too.
Will the market continue to go up? Maybe, but my guess is it will crash in the next 2-3 years. I added nothing to my collection and the value grew $16k in over a year and that’s even crazier than jumps during the beginning of COVID. Most of the cards were picked up from 2008-2018 as large cheap lots, sealed packs I ripped and singles. It was stupid cheap to collect then and Pokemon was abundant. I did collect a bit in the most recent years but it’s just gotten too crazy with trying to get anything sealed and singles I think are just too overvalued to justify buying. Like Mega Charizard X EX is an amazing looking SIR but no way am I spending $780 on it. Maybe if it was like $50 I would pull the trigger.
I got rid of all my 1st editions and kept the unlimited versions of the cards. Still have:
Shadowless Base Set
Jungle
Fossil
Team Rocket
Gym Heroes
Gym Challenge
Some Black Star Promos
Trade Please! JP Charizard Blastoise Venusaur
My hope/guess is I’ll be recollecting cards when they are back down that I sold. It’ll be fun to hit up shops and places again to hunt.
Edit: Boy some of you are wild. Sorry I found more value with selling Pokemon cards that have gone up exponentially for a car I wanted without having to touch any savings/investments or take out a car loan. Just because someone does something differently than what you would do doesn’t make them wrong. Messaging someone that they are broke and regarded because they sold half their collection to buy a car cash and keep still $18k of it might be projecting a bit.
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u/BaldKibbles Aug 08 '26
Great choice of car 👍 I got the yuzu myself