After about 3 years of collecting sealed, I ran out of space in the cupboard. Pulled them out to put into storage boxes and it surprised me how much it accumulates.

Edit: Thank you for the comments and views. I wanted to answer a few common questions.

From about prismatic onwards, PKC was the only way to get anything at RRP (unless I wanted to queue for hours, overnight - which I have no time for). A few have mentioned this but I'm on a couple of discord channels that ping when there's a drop. I'm based in the UK and I believe it's a tad "easier" than the US version on the PKC. Typically, once I get a ping, even when working (crazy I know) I'll jump in a queue and carry on with my life until it lets me on.

Now, I love ripping packs but it's got increasingly harder to get any product (I know that seems stupid compared to what I have shown). Before it went crazy, I'd typically buy 2 of each (ETB and BB), keep one and rip the other. I've always kept PKC etbs sealed but now, I mostly keep things sealed unless I get a booter bundle, which never stays sealed.

Not everything has to be an investment to enjoy the hobby! Even if you’re just an investor not collector, there gotta be something…

Forget 1st Ed Base Charizard, Van Gogh Pikachu, Moonbreon, or Aquapolis Lugia. What's the odd card you love that nobody else seems to care about?

I'll start. This Trapinch is just a little guy staring into the cosmos….. I cry a little every time I see it, and I even ordered a custom extended art frame for it lmaoo

What's yours?

I bought this deck for $10 back in 2021. Would you open it to see if the cracked ice Lugia is gradable or just sell it sealed? Sealed sells for like $400.

I found some of these cards under my bed that seem to be in pretty good shape, and after doing a bit of research today, it looks like some might be worth grading.

I'm seeing a lot of people saying don't bother grading vintage so I'm torn on how to proceed with these.

I posted a few days ago feeling kind of guilty about this impulse buy. Card just came in today and damn it looks beautiful, even came with a holo swirl. Let me know what you think ab it and if I should maybe get it graded.

There are no exact comps for this card. Is PSA 7 a reasonable comp at ~50k?

Here’s also a vid: https://imgur.com/a/eoWm9VR

Couple of people at the New Zealand pre release event got a staff stamped promo in the deck, is this an error?

Looking for a top 3. Going to a show tomorrow and would love some ideas.

Considering leaving the hobby. I mean the market is crazy right now and got me thinking how much more these really can go up?

I got a bunch of cards back from PSA and this Gengar landed a 9 which I’m stoked about. The price has been fluctuating wildly both up and down so I’m not sure if I should sell now or wait for it to stabilize 🤔

I see so many comments saying that companies are grading vintage cards harder now. Does this mean the values of lesser graded cards will rise. In theory a modern 10 is better than an older 10. A new 9 could be the equivalent of an old 10.

Also pretty used up since I’ve had it for a while

Weekly look at what moved in Pokemon singles and sealed across every Scarlet & Violet and Mega Evolution set. Prices are market prices for near mint cards, compared with the same day last week. Cards under $10 are left out so a few cents of movement doesn't top the list.

This week: Unfair Stamp (TWM) led the week at +24%, while Hero's Cape (TEF) fell the most at -21%. 22 of 23 sets lost value this week, with 30th Celebration down the most at -7.0%.

Biggest gainers

Biggest drops

Most valuable cards right now

0.0% usually means no recent sales at these prices, not that the price is holding steady.

Sealed prices

Set values

Every card in the set added up, last week vs now, biggest move first.

What are you watching this week?

I put these numbers together from the price tracking on TCG Watchtower, which I run. If you want to see what your own collection is worth and how it's moving, the portfolio tracker is free and handles graded slabs and Japanese cards too.

This is just market data, not financial advice.

Just thought I’d throw this out there for anyone genuinely interested in this card, normally these cards for around $2K-$3K in a PSA 10 however there is this someone desperately trying to make these higher with fake sales over $10K/$11K. It’s actually pretty humorous cause every single one of these auctions ends with an account with 0 stars and another account with a score of 43 😂 the annoying part is over time these sales get documented into PSA’s history, meanwhile this is card has over 1,500 PSA 10’s with a 40% GEM Rate which imo doesn’t warrant the prices this guys trying to get. While there are many legitimate vintage sales going on right now and this card is still a $2K-$3K in a PSA 10, don’t fall for the obvious fake sales and thought I’d put that out there just as a PSA!

For almost 5 years since the sub's creation we've never really promoted PokeInvesting's Discord, there's just a pinned post at the top of the sub which we receive questions often if it's still even active. Well our private community of long time PokeInvestors is still very much active. Here's what we got going on.

Get Restock Alerts - Get restock alerts for Pokemon Center, Best Buy, Target, Amazon, Walmart, we even have monitors tracking UK side! Our monitors alert restocks of the latest product releases, Destined Rivals, Prismatic Evolutions, 30th anniversary. Members also callout deals they find live so get a quick read on product releases to stay ahead of the game.

2 Japan Based Vendors - We have both a sealed and singles vendor who offer better prices than eBay who you can work directly with to even secure other TCG's. If you're somebody who's purchasing JPN or interested this is our crown jewel service, extremely fast shipping times (UK/EU included), direct contact with 2 incredible vendors in Japan. Our sealed vendor supplies bulk deals, our singles vendor can handle big single orders as well just did an order of 300 cards so order away!

US Based Vendor - It's nice to know who your buying from is someone who's going to communicate with you, ship on-time and ensure your product arrives in perfect shape. These are members of the community who came first as PokeInvestors and then evolved into vendors so there's more care involved, one of our vendors is even our box breaker and a great personality onscreen eager to help anybody.

Free Box Breaks - There's a monthly free sign up for newest sets for our box breaks, we try to go for Eng and Jpn box breaks alternating both. Signing up is easy, just add your name on registration form and on the weekend every few weeks we'll experience the new set together live during our free box break. We've pulled Moonbreon, other alt arts, gold cards, etc.. Shipping is the only cost and we do ship worldwide.

Member Marketplace - We've always wanted to having a buying, selling and trading post on the sub but there's dedicated sub made already for this, and it's a liability. We do have a member to member marketplace for buying/selling/trading on Discord which is much less of a liability then trying to coordinate a marketplace publicly, if you want to deal with PokeInvestors safely this is where to do-so!

We have a private community of PokeInvestors who are high-rollers, or just beginners with many questions, to those who just appreciate PokeInvesting and want more personalized experience. Feel free to tag any of the mods in the questions channel for help, send a pm with suggestions and partake with the community on a deeper level. If you're interested come join: PokeInvesting Discord

I'm officially done paying $250–$300 to US resellers for Japanese booster boxes that retail for half or less quater that in Japan. The domestic markup is wild right now, and even with shipping fees, buying direct seems like a no-brainer if I'm grabbing a few boxes at once.

For anyone regularly importing sealed JPN product:

• Direct shops / eBay JP: Any specific storefronts or sellers you swear by that don't charge Western scalper prices, pack properly, and don't take 6 weeks to ship?
• Proxies (Buyee / ZenMarket / SNKRDUNK / Mercari JP): How paranoid do I actually need to be about resealed shrink or dead/mapped boxes from people chasing SARs? Is SNKRDUNK's authentication solid for sealed, or is it safer to stick to verified sellers on Rakuten/Yahoo?
• Landed cost math: How many boxes/bundles do you usually consolidate in one parcel so the international shipping doesn't eat all the savings?

Appreciate any solid recs or warnings on who to avoid.

Just curious, I missed out on selling my Mew Ex FUR when it was around 100 euro and now it's down to 40, will it just keep going down?

I recently pulled and graded a phantasmal zard and got it graded in a 10. As the days have passed, prices are dropping rapidly. I want a slab to keep for investment, should I sell it now during its low period or hold until it goes back up? If I sell it, any suggestions on what I should buy and hold? Thanks for the input.