Board 8 > I had roughly 3000 dollars worth of Pokemon cards come into the shop today

(+) Yeah! (+)

...or it would have been 3000 dollars.

These were all rares and bulk from the first three sets of Pokemon (first editions for many). Guy at least one of everything in each set and more to boot.

BUT

He had written his initials in the corner of every card.
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first edition Charizard ruined
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People get mad when they write their names on the discs or cartridges and we refuse them


But I can't imagine someone doing this with cards

What the fuck
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People still buy them? Holy shit I should see if any shops near me do. I have like thousands of old Pokemon cards. Even have that brown border Meowth the GB game came with still in the wrapper

does that just decrease the value or does it make them completely worthless?
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This sounds like eps of pawn stars I've seen where people will bring in old cars and have had them all decked out with powerful engines, and fail to grasp that the value comes from collectors wanting it, and that they've ruined that value by tricking them out.
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I can understand writing your name on a cartridge if you're a kid. You probably never even thought that you would resell it.

I didn't refuse some of the higher dollar cards because they still had some value, but they were extremely diminished.

It's probably not a surprise to anyone here that Magic cards come in great condition for resale, but Pokemon and YGO are just flat out destroyed constantly. I'm amazed that first edition cards don't go for even more exorbitant prices. Magic cards always come in sleeved and virtually undamaged, but Pokemon always looks like it's been through a war zone.
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MariaTaylor posted...

does that just decrease the value or does it make them completely worthless?

My guess would be "completely worthless"
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Emeraldegg posted...

MariaTaylor posted...

does that just decrease the value or does it make them completely worthless?

My guess would be "completely worthless"

Some of the foiled rares were still valuable enough even in that condition for me to sell. I probably won't sell them any time soon, so the guy ended up making off with like $40 total.
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What are some of the higher value cards? I've got a ton of the old ones
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scarletspeed7 posted...

Emeraldegg posted...

MariaTaylor posted...

does that just decrease the value or does it make them completely worthless?

My guess would be "completely worthless"

Some of the foiled rares were still valuable enough even in that condition for me to sell. I probably won't sell them any time soon, so the guy ended up making off with like $40 total.

Ah, gotcha. So just basically worthless rather than completely worthless. I can only imagine the look on that guy's face.
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I have a binder somewhere with like some of the cards from the first set. not really sure how many of them are first edition. I just remember after I got a bunch of cards I tried to put one card of each Pokemon into a binder together. so it's like one copy of each card (of the ones I had).
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HashtagSEP posted...

What are some of the higher value cards? I've got a ton of the old ones

Blastoise, Charizard, Gyarados and Venusaur all can top 200.

The smart money in card gaming is in Magic. Even new stuff can go for 50 bucks a card.
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I remember I was holding onto my 1st ed machamp, still in wrapping, forever.

Come to find out it's worthless because they're so many of them.

"whoops"
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scarletspeed7 posted...

HashtagSEP posted...

What are some of the higher value cards? I've got a ton of the old ones

Blastoise, Charizard, Gyarados and Venusaur all can top 200.

The smart money in card gaming is in Magic. Even new stuff can go for 50 bucks a card.

Wait, no shit? I have all of those. I kept them in sleeves in a binder basically the same way Maria did, one per.

Hmm. Time to find a place to sell.
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http://www.trollandtoad.com/p1067884.html

Stuff like this, scarlet? Like that is the right venusaur?
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scarletspeed7 posted...

HashtagSEP posted...

What are some of the higher value cards? I've got a ton of the old ones

Blastoise, Charizard, Gyarados and Venusaur all can top 200.

The smart money in card gaming is in Magic. Even new stuff can go for 50 bucks a card.

I think I have all of those along with Mewtwo and the Ancient Mew they gave away for the movie. I even got some Japanese ones from a neighbor like 15 years ago.

Note that some of these are the non-foil versions of those cards normally, not the foil versions.
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swordz9 posted...

scarletspeed7 posted...

HashtagSEP posted...

What are some of the higher value cards? I've got a ton of the old ones

Blastoise, Charizard, Gyarados and Venusaur all can top 200.

The smart money in card gaming is in Magic. Even new stuff can go for 50 bucks a card.

I think I have all of those along with Mewtwo and the Ancient Mew they gave away for the movie. I even got some Japanese ones from a neighbor like 15 years ago.

Ancient Mew is pretty cheap - probably around 5 bucks.
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I have Venusaur for sure and I know I don't have Charizard

I think I have Blastoise

not sure about Gyarados

I should try to find this binder some day!
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XD I guess movie cards aren't worth squat. I still have a ton of the cards. I should see if my local comic shop buys any of them

also did SEP just call me Chris
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MariaTaylor posted...

also did SEP just call me Chris

I did, sorry. I had two topics open and was reading posts by him.
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Remember that, at the heart of Pokemon (and Magic, etc.), there is a game. So the cards that aren't playable or are obsolete sell worse. Magic has done a great job of keeping cards relevant with Commander, for example. Pokemon has introduced EX and torpedoed the value of older sets.
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HashtagSEP posted...

MariaTaylor posted...

also did SEP just call me Chris

I did, sorry. I had two topics open and was reading posts by him.

ah, well just remember I can't fix a TV or get laid so you should be able to tell us apart!
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scarletspeed7 posted...

I can understand writing your name on a cartridge if you're a kid. You probably never even thought that you would resell it.

I was pissed when my mom wrote my name on all of my N64 games when I was going to a friend's sleepover party.

It still makes me sad when I look at the few I have left =(
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scarletspeed7 posted...

Remember that, at the heart of Pokemon (and Magic, etc.), there is a game. So the cards that aren't playable or are obsolete sell worse. Magic has done a great job of keeping cards relevant with Commander, for example. Pokemon has introduced EX and torpedoed the value of older sets.

Yeah this is the biggest contrast I see in the 2 games. With Magic, the older cards are always going to be the most powerful to ever exist, and the power has decreased over time. The older formats, while not exactly well-off right now, at least have a reason to go back and play them. With pokemon, the opposite has happened, where HP and damage numbers have gone up. This means that older formats are nonexistant because, well, why would I want to go back and use a less powerful charizard? Like you could just use a standard deck in an extended tournament and roflstomp, where in magic if you used a standard deck in even a modern tournament, you would get laughed out the building.
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Are they really worth that much?

I wouldn't sell them because of sentimental value, but I had full sets of the first 7 or 8 sets, all (besides, unfortunately, the first set) first edition.
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Some of the rares are. But past, like, Fossil? Really not that much until you get to EXs from more modern sets.
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I have a first edition Charizard that instantly went into a binder

I assumed the value tanked-- maybe I should sell off these pokemon cards.

Also have a non first edition Charizard along with a bunch of other rares. Any of that stuff valuable or is first edition a must?
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Are there any base form or middle stage Pokemon cards were anything? I figure most people go for the final form holofoil special etc stuff. I'm still gonna look into this though because if i could even get like $50 or something that would be pretty cool for something that's just been sitting in my room for well over a decade

If you really want to look through prices, use tcgplayer.com. That site has pretty reliable benchmarks.
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I still have a ton of Magic and Pokémon cards from back in the day (the 90s for the Pokémon ones), are they worth trying to sell? There's nothing crazy rare in them.
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Yeah I use that for MtG. Like I said never have done that for Pokemon because well like I said I thought the cards were basically without value at this point.
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Check the Magic stuff because there are commons and uncommons that are valuable in various sets.
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Out of curiosity

What level of fame does a celebrity have to be for them to do the same thing, but the cards retain equal or higher value.

I can imagine a number of people that would make it go up, but am interested to know who would lead to judgement calls.
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Well if the celebrity's autograph was more valuable than the card, that would help.

But generally speaking, only a card's artist would do that. Or in Magic, anything signed by MaRo.
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I sold all my pokemon cards over the past year one at a time a made a few hundred.
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So looking at base set through fossil on TCG Player my take on the value of early set Pokemon cards was about correct.

Homeboy must have had a lot of cards or they must've mostly been First Edition.
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Lopen posted...

So looking at base set through fossil on TCG Player my take on the value of early set Pokemon cards was about correct.

Homeboy must have had a lot of cards or they must've mostly been First Edition.

He had 14 Charizards, if that helps give you an idea of how much shit came through the door.
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how did the person react when his cards weren't worth anything anymore
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His girlfriend laughed at him and he seemed very embarrassed.
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I've never understood why anyone would sell anything to a store whose stated purpose is to immediately resell it for more money. Why not just sell it online and get the price the store is going to sell it for?
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Next time I go to a random place that's doing autographs they are signing a Charizard
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bng_mmmk posted...

I've never understood why anyone would sell anything to a store whose stated purpose is to immediately resell it for more money. Why not just sell it online and get the price the store is going to sell it for?

Presumably because it's much less effort

But yeah, I wouldn't do it
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LordoftheMorons posted...

Presumably because it's much less effort

I mean, yeah I know. I just don't understand it.
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Selling cards is really a pain in the ass online.
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Well if you're selling in bulk the store is generally a lot easier. Yeah you get less money overall, but you save on a ton of effort and the shipping and it's not like ebay isn't taking a cut as well.

If I had just say 14 Charizards, though. Yeah, Ebay is better for those at least. Piecemeal them and the singles that go for around $20+ and sell the rest in bulk to the store.
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That site says holofoil Gyarados is under $4 >_>

swordz9 posted...

That site says holofoil Gyarados is under $4 >_>

Read my posts again.
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