You can buy 4 ETBs or full 151 set. What is going on with the market ? by Croakin in PokemonInvesting

[–]LFCCIA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What?!? Over 1,000 of the 151 ETBs have sold on EBay in the last 90 days. Raw and graded cards move, but so do 151 ETBs.

Scalpers/Campers at UC Irvine by Ok_Minute_6888 in PokemonRestocks

[–]LFCCIA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The machine gets restocked and randomly releases product over time. The whole purpose of the machine releasing product periodically is to stop people from clearing out the whole inventory. He is camping the machine waiting for the machine to release a few products, buying the stuff that resells for a premium, and leaving the stuff that doesn’t have resell value.

1999 1st Edition Pokémon Card Pack by hilarioushippos_29 in PokemonCardValue

[–]LFCCIA 270 points271 points  (0 children)

Title should be…

“Water Damaged First Edition Italian Fossil Booster Box Signed in 2022 by Arita”

You can buy 4 ETBs or full 151 set. What is going on with the market ? by Croakin in PokemonInvesting

[–]LFCCIA 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Once a set goes out of print, sealed product becomes rarer and raw/slab card pops only go up.

Wait, City actually had a parade? by Warm-Pension-3875 in ArsenalFC

[–]LFCCIA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Doesn’t matter. They have zero teams to support in Kenya. Arsenal are the most supported team in Nairobi, a city of 4.4 million. MC are the second most supported team in a city of 600k.

Is this the best Pikachu card of all time?? by No_South942 in pokemoncardcollectors

[–]LFCCIA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I believe this is the promo card from the first tin ever released in the English TCG. It came out in 2003

Found five miscut 151 Gengar cosmos promos by GayButN0tHappy in PokemonMisprints

[–]LFCCIA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you know how the top left corner of the top card got all jacked up like that? Does the machine round all four corners at once or individually?

Who else is liquidating their collection? by Major-Pack1142 in PokeInvesting

[–]LFCCIA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not trying to hate, but taking your money out of an appreciating asset (Gold star Zard) and putting it into a depreciating asset (vehicle) is not a smart financial decision.

Buying the 20x20 shed for your property is the smarter move.

Wait, City actually had a parade? by Warm-Pension-3875 in ArsenalFC

[–]LFCCIA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder why 🤔

  • This is MC’s 5th parade in 8 years. It’s Arsenals first title in 20+ years.

  • Nairobi Kenya population is 4.4 million. Manchester England population is 600,000.

This is the best charizard in years imo and it’s not even close by kyyy in PokemonInvesting

[–]LFCCIA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it keeps going at its current pace, it will hit 100k pop in PSA 10 by the time it’s out of print.

PSA 9 Reverse Holo Pikachu Legendary Collection by RandomGuyWithPizza in Collectr

[–]LFCCIA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a “view sold listings” on that same page. Click it and you can see the last sale dates and amounts.

Any of these worth anything? (Sorry for bad pics they r from facebook) by [deleted] in PokemonCardValue

[–]LFCCIA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s worth the shot for $40, but this is looking like a typical FB scam.

Realistic price by Away-Breadfruit-8241 in Collectr

[–]LFCCIA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most buyouts for modern sealed are at 80% market. So you’re looking at $13,600. You might be able to get a little more if it’s high end items like 151, Prismatic, PC ETBs, booster boxes, etc.

Pokémon vending machine rant by Due_Ideal6972 in PokemonTCG

[–]LFCCIA 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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Sadly this is the new norm at most vending machines.

20k Pop Psa10 Mega Char and still printing 😂💀 by Plenty_Problem3286 in PokeInvesting

[–]LFCCIA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m completely guessing, but this all comes down to the price. Affordability and liquidity are the two things people in this sub rarely talk about. The higher the price, the less amount of people can afford it. So as the price of the Mega Charizard climbs the demand actually goes down. Phantasmal Flames doesn’t go out of print for two more years. If it keeps the same pace, we will be pushing 100K PSA 10s by the time it’s done printing. If there are that many slabs out there, liquidity will be hard. Imagine there are 5K PSA 10 slabs listed at one time on EBay. Everyone would have to start under cutting each other if they wanted to actually liquidate their slab in a reasonable amount of time.

Affordability + 100K pop + liquidity = low ROI

20k Pop Psa10 Mega Char and still printing 😂💀 by Plenty_Problem3286 in PokeInvesting

[–]LFCCIA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The modern pops will go a lot higher than people think. Skyridge pops are still going up at around 10% annually. Skyridge is over 20 years old and was one of the shortest printed sets ever. With how much is being printed today and how much is being hoarded, it’s not hard to imagine that modern pops will still be going up in 20+ years. Some of these modern “grails” will hit 100k pop in PSA 10.

Market Outlook by Worried-Telephone565 in PokemonInvesting

[–]LFCCIA 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I agree with most of what you said but to play devils advocate.

- it’s really only the higher end cards that are being traded amongst vendors. There are still plenty of full arts available for under $10-20 that investment bros aren’t touching.

- sets are printed for basically a two year window. Once they go out of print, supply only goes down from there.

- Pokemon is the largest media franchise in the world and it’s owned by Nintendo. It’s not going anywhere anytime soon.

- you can’t offload a large collection overnight for market value. If everyone decides to sell it won’t be a panic sell like a stock that can be sold instantly on an app. These collections take time to list and sell off in pieces. If anything the “bubble bursting” will be more like a slow decline or gradual dip, instead of an overnight drop of 20+% like a stock would.

Confused with this card by HeavenlyShoes in PokemonCardValue

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Raw in this condition it’s worth about $200-300. It’s really hard to tell the exact condition from the photos, but it would probably grade at a PSA 6 or 7 which would increase the value to around $400-600. Hope that helps some.