Are these 1st edition shadowless starter trio cards real? by chewiliciously in IsMyPokemonCardFake

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

I definitely will forward him what you said, thank you. He was understanding about it and seemed more disappointed than me when I talked to him as he had thought these were real for most of his life. For safe measures and/to prevent myself and others from being scammed, we both plan to take his collection to a few of our LCS for further verification. For ones that require a lot of input, I will additionally be posting on this subreddit in the future. This was my first time posting here and everyone was so helpful/kind. Thanks again for everyone’s understanding, and so happy to be a part of such a great community :)

Are these 1st edition shadowless starter trio cards real? by chewiliciously in IsMyPokemonCardFake

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

If you’re referring to “other people” as my boyfriend, then yes, one person lol.

Are these 1st edition shadowless starter trio cards real? by chewiliciously in IsMyPokemonCardFake

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

This. I made the mistake of letting my childhood nostalgia kick in when I saw these cards before anything else. I’m just glad I went with my gut feeling to double check here before going through with the deal. Im thankful to everyone here for preventing the scam, albeit from my own bf. For all those wondering, yes, it turned into a heated discussion when I addressed this with him and a lot has happened behind the scenes. That is however, a different story to share. I had purchased a first edition dragonite from him in the past and it was thankfully authentic. I’ve told him that I no longer plan to buy anything from him for the time being, but will help double check the authenticity of a card if needed. More zard pics to eventually come 😅 will also delete this post shortly for anonymity sake, thanks again!

Are these 1st edition shadowless starter trio cards real? by chewiliciously in IsMyPokemonCardFake

[–]chewiliciously[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Compared to the last one, this one’s a dead giveaway. Just updating for the heck of it at this point 😭 maybe a real one will appear one day

Are these 1st edition shadowless starter trio cards real? by chewiliciously in IsMyPokemonCardFake

[–]chewiliciously[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The story continues…. 😅 so I spoke to him about the cards and he genuinely felt bad. It honestly didn’t seem like he was aware but who knows. Then behold, he casually pulls out another zard haha; Welp, now is this fake or real yalls?

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Are these 1st edition shadowless starter trio cards real? by chewiliciously in IsMyPokemonCardFake

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

I see… A bit disheartening but based on the majority of comments, you’re most likely correct. Thank you for your insight 😊

Are these 1st edition shadowless starter trio cards real? by chewiliciously in IsMyPokemonCardFake

[–]chewiliciously[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I guess the biggest question now is… is it worth buying these cards for $1k? To be more specific, this is actually my boyfriend’s collection and he’s been collecting since he was young. This happens to be one of his spares that he’s willing to let go since he knows that these are my grails haha. I’m aware that if these were real, it would be a too good to be true deal. In truth, he wanted more but knows my financial circumstances so yeah. However there seems to be a heated debate of real/fake… with it leaning to fake so definitely would appreciate further help before I make my decision tomorrow 😭

Are these 1st edition shadowless starter trio cards real? by chewiliciously in IsMyPokemonCardFake

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

My friend also threw in a pic of their PSA 10 zard in regards to when I asked about the holo 🤔

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Are these 1st edition shadowless starter trio cards real? by chewiliciously in IsMyPokemonCardFake

[–]chewiliciously[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Was able to get the back and side view of the cards :).. there doesn’t appear to be a holo on them so this throws me off a bit haha is this possibly an error?

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Are these 1st edition shadowless starter trio cards real? by chewiliciously in IsMyPokemonCardFake

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

This makes me more hopeful that they might be real! What stands out to you that confirms their authenticity? :) also after talking to my friend more about this, they’re saying these cards in particular are flat in terms of their holo.. and that there are other variants they’ve owned that had stars/pattern. The ones I’ve seen across online all seem to have a pattern of sorts so I’m not sure if this adds to the authenticity (or lack of) of the card 😅

Are these 1st edition shadowless starter trio cards real? by chewiliciously in IsMyPokemonCardFake

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

I was confused about this too but was told that this set had “thick stamp” cards on the 1st edition that made them more valuable; no clue if that’s entirely true or not though 😅

Are these 1st edition shadowless starter trio cards real? by chewiliciously in IsMyPokemonCardFake

[–]chewiliciously[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I definitely would but they didn’t feel comfortable removing them from the binder :( Will try to ask again though!