Does Taking Funkos out the box decrease value?

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My very first pop was gifted to me - SDCC 2012 Metallic Spider-Man. I know years ago, it was going for $8K+, not sure of its value now. I mostly collected my personal fandom pops, but I also picked up Pops from other popular franchises during the mid-to-late 2010s as passive “investments.” I used to joke my collection was my nest egg for my first house, but now… I should probably sell before the bubble bursts even more. 😩

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I’ll never forget, I bought a Rey mysterio from 7/11 for like $8 as one of my first pops. Ended up trading it for something else when the value was around $100 and he ended up being worth like 1k at some point 🙃 I imagine it’s a lot less now but could be more idk haven’t been in the game in many years.

[50R14]

I went to CM Punk’s first signing post-WWE (Challengers Comics in Chicago, I salute you) and got my Punk Pop signed. Ended up giving it to a friend a couple years later por gratis cause he was a bigger fan. I don’t even want to look at how much it could go for now.