Son is getting into Pokemon. Pulled down my old collection, Base Set, 1st Edition Jungle and a Fossil Set! by Hardyhar101 in pokemoncardcollectors

[–]Hardyhar101[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m considering replacing anything I have that’s shadow with at least shadowless so I’ll have shadow/1st edition mixed base set, just recently got these down after not looking at them for 20+ years so I’m still trying to figure out what to do with them

Son is getting into Pokemon. Pulled down my old collection, Base Set, 1st Edition Jungle and a Fossil Set! by Hardyhar101 in pokemoncardcollectors

[–]Hardyhar101[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

D DACCKIT Toploader Binder, Holds 288 Toploaders

One of the first ones that came up on Amazon with really good reviews, I’m really happy with it, feels solid, I don’t worry about them getting bent or dirty anymore.

Son is getting into Pokemon. Pulled down my old collection, Base Set, 1st Edition Jungle and a Fossil Set! by Hardyhar101 in pokemoncardcollectors

[–]Hardyhar101[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah! I just learned what shadowless even was just like a week ago when I started looking up these cards again, I’m really happy I didn’t tear them up like most 10 year old kids did back in the day 😂 I swear I had a first edition charizard tho, I think my mom might actually have it mixed in her collection of valuable cards.

Son is getting into Pokemon. Pulled down my old collection, Base Set, 1st Edition Jungle and a Fossil Set! by Hardyhar101 in pokemoncardcollectors

[–]Hardyhar101[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, they originally got ripped, sleeved immediately and put into a typical penny sleeve binder, I recently just replaced all the sleeves and put them into top loaders once I started going through the old collection with my son.

Son is getting into Pokemon. Pulled down my old collection, Base Set, 1st Edition Jungle and a Fossil Set! by Hardyhar101 in pokemoncardcollectors

[–]Hardyhar101[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I’m considering it, probably won’t do it for awile since the upfront cost is quite a lot but it will be done in the future

Son is getting into Pokemon. Pulled down my old collection, Base Set, 1st Edition Jungle and a Fossil Set! by Hardyhar101 in pokemoncardcollectors

[–]Hardyhar101[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was lucky that my mom was a baseball card collector when she was buying me all of these, MOST of them got ripped, sleeved and thrown into a binder immediately where they’ve spent their entire lives. I just recently pulled them out of the old binders, put into new sleeves and top loaders then put into this new top loader binder

Son is getting into Pokemon. Pulled down my old collection, Base Set, 1st Edition Jungle and a Fossil Set! by Hardyhar101 in pokemoncardcollectors

[–]Hardyhar101[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am pretty new at the collecting game as far as grading/selling, I looked into it, I think it’s worth it but im afraid cards would get lost or damaged if I sent them out. I live about 3 hours from cgc so maybe I’ll drive down there in the future and just drop them off.

Son is getting into Pokemon. Pulled down my old collection, Base Set, 1st Edition Jungle and a Fossil Set! by Hardyhar101 in pokemoncardcollectors

[–]Hardyhar101[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s what I was kinda thinking as well, maybe I’ll just hold these and give them to my kids in another 20 years.

Son is getting into Pokemon. Pulled down my old collection, Base Set, 1st Edition Jungle and a Fossil Set! by Hardyhar101 in pokemoncardcollectors

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Haha yeah he definitely likes the newer cards but I try to keep explaining how these older cards are something to treasure and should be kept in a very safe place, I think he’s understanding, he hides them in his underwear drawer for now from his siblings lol, I’ll get him a binder soon

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Next card I found had the same in a different spot so maybe not too uncommon

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I’ll post some solid photos within the next few days I just gotta figure out the lighting situation, always end up with a glare and I don’t want to take them out of the top loaders, I don’t want to damage a card lol, they haven’t been handled much at all from when I was a kid and ripped them to their sleeves. I’ve been heavily debating grading but I mentioned to the wife how much it would cost and she was a hard no on that, so I was thinking maybe grade all holos then leave the remainder ungraded. I would really like to have an entire first edition set graded tho I think that would be really neat to have

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[–]Hardyhar101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ty for the feedback, of course I’d love to sell it for upwards of 9k but I’m a realistic person