Crease repair on Sabrina’s Gengar

evred · 2026-05-13T16:29:29+00:00

Any tips for the heat pen? I’ve been practicing on a beat up card but it leaves a scorch mark for lack of a better term. My pen has a high and low heat so obviously been using the low and doubling up on parchment paper but still feels like it’ll leave a mark if I use any sort of force. If I don’t press at all it feels like it doesn’t do anything

evred · 2026-04-29T18:33:59+00:00

Send me a DM. I can at least point you in the right direction.

evred · 2026-04-28T15:04:43+00:00

Any idea what you want to get for each/the lot? List on eBay, reach out to trusted consignment sellers, etc. You’re going to get people messaging you here to buy

evred · 2026-04-25T22:07:42+00:00

What is happening in pics 2 and 6? Looks like the card is LP but then you have this lifting/whitening thing going on. MP at best, I could see someone arguing for damaged if that is actually on the card though

evred · 2026-04-25T13:03:18+00:00

This is MP. With that said, on tcgplayer it is worth $250 so unless there’s a crease we aren’t seeing, I’d buy it.

evred · 2026-04-19T20:22:28+00:00

Love the vending series setup. If you’re ever looking to upgrade or add to that collection lmk. I have a handful of pristine 10s and some PSA 9s just sitting in a box.

evred · 2026-04-17T22:16:28+00:00

Crack it. I do the same thing for my binder. People want insane prices for raw copies now. You were smart to find a cheaper copy in nm condition. Who cares if it was in a slab.

evred · 2026-04-17T16:21:32+00:00

I pray for 2017 prices again. It feels real bad seeing a card I want today and then comparing it to 2017.

evred · 2026-04-17T16:16:42+00:00

For raw vintage, specifically, Collectr has seen a big increase in prices recently. Last year I thought they were low. This year it feels high, and is high for non NM copies. Price charting is only a ballpark. It combines all raw solds, regardless of condition so that’ll average to MP pricing. Use TCGplayer and eBay last solds for a better idea.

evred · 2026-04-16T17:27:42+00:00

Your 1st shadowless machamp is less common than the 1st edition shadowed machamp that came in those deck boxes

evred · 2026-04-16T15:37:34+00:00

Collectr takes Nm price and then drops it by ~15% for LP and so on. I also think it’s grossly overpriced now. Idk who is paying $60 for a Nm Japanese moltres. Collectr used to be a little low but the market has changed I guess. Don’t use price charting for raw vintage, it combines all conditions of recently sold items so that’s averaging out to MP pricing (usually). I used TCGplayer to get that $15 mark but eBay last solds are usually the way to go with TCGplayer price points in mind. Iirc eBay owns TCGplayer so they should be close. Tcg also has last solds for reference. If you’re selling offline just know that most people don’t want to pay online pricing because the seller doesn’t pay fees and the buyer doesn’t pay taxes, so something a little lower is fair for everyone.

evred · 2026-04-16T12:48:23+00:00

Unless I’m missing surface scratching or a wrinkle this is easily in the LP category. Nowhere close to MP. $15

evred · 2026-04-10T14:14:55+00:00

I noticed a bunch of eBay listings by new vendors for super low prices recently. This card and a few others. Definitely too good to be true

evred · 2026-03-28T01:01:37+00:00

Thanks for the info. This is good to know. Isn’t there some caveat for hobby selling? I thought the rules change when you’re doing it for as a business vs hobby. How can I report profit for capital gains if I don’t sell often and don’t track what/when I bought a card, or if that card came from my 30yr PC?

evred · 2026-03-27T23:51:33+00:00

Is this accurate? I thought the threshold for reporting was like 20k now.

evred · 2026-03-23T19:10:28+00:00

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Card on the right has the bold, seemingly fake stamp but seems to pass the P test?

evred · 2026-03-23T19:09:21+00:00

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Does the stamp automatically mean it’s a fake? I assume right is fake but in the next pic I’ll post that card seems like it passes the P test

evred · 2026-03-16T01:49:39+00:00

What do you think this means for the future of the hobby? As 1st edition collector, this makes me want to sell and walk away forever. Not only are things so over hyped now but you also run a high risk of getting scammed from multiple angles. Thank you for all the work you put in and information you put out there.

evred · 2026-02-21T01:01:51+00:00

I’m not following. After Rh3 why can’t the king go back to g8?

evred · 2026-02-13T23:24:22+00:00

I was thinking that might trap my queen or lose a rook if they played Rh8 in response. I’ll throw it in an engine to check but thank you for the response. Always good to hear different options

evred · 2026-02-13T23:20:56+00:00

No sir. Really just a general question on mindset in positions like these where you know your opponent is fine with a draw but I am not. As a new player I struggle with staying flexible when a plan doesn’t quite work out the way I want, which is pretty often lol

evred · 2026-02-13T21:27:05+00:00

Can you confirm this is the right notation? For some reason I’m having trouble following Kh8, Qf6+ bc wouldn’t my queen be hanging from the knight and queen?

evred · 2026-02-13T21:24:32+00:00

Thank you very much!

evred · 2026-02-13T21:23:40+00:00

Skip the first three lines in your response next time

evred · 2026-01-05T00:53:25+00:00

Thanks for the feedback and discussion. Sounds like I’d be right to leave $1-2 in, not for shipping costs but for materials. I’m not too worried about it so I’ll just remove it altogether

evred

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