lazyjohnson
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Hello all! I have just moved into a new house and while unpacking found my old Pokemon card collection. Luckily, I was quite meticulous in keeping them organized and free from damage, with only one or two cards having a deformity beyond a slight holo edge.
I was just wondering if these are worth as much as I believe them to be based on my limited research.
The breadwinner is a shadowless charizard with green wings. It was taken directly from a misprinted charizard black triangle booster, and by some strange coincidence i kept the wrapper (I have many of these "misprint" wrappers with the black triangle covering up the 1st edition, all opened, but none ripped or cut,just split at the top seam), and immediately placed in a sleeve and hard case. Judging by other cards I have seen, and after speaking to a friend of mine who has many PSA graded cards, it is easily a 9, and possibly a 10 (i've seen one small white mark on both a 9 and 10 grade of the same card), as it is defect free. According to PSA there are only 21 other PSA 10 shadowless charizards. What would the going price of this be? Honestly, I don't think i could part with it for a million dollars to to the sentimental value of how I acquired it, but it is an exciting though I may be sitting on one of (possibly now) 22 of these in existance (or 78 at a 9)
I also have some cards I believe are rare, but cannot seem to get a definitive answer on how rare/price range. I have posted pictures of some of them, front and back (they are all flawless backs aside from the slight charizard nick). Most have only been unsealed for under a minute while pulling them originally, and half of them have never directly touched a human hand (unless it was touched at some point in production, I used rubber gloves opening packs usually.)
I am aware that just because I say these cards are these grades doesn't necessarily mean they will get this score. I'm just asking for a ballpark and can provide pictures for proof if needed. Going by the PSA guidelines they all have four perfect corners, are centered within the allowable margins of error, have the original full gloss as they have never touched human skin. There are some slight printing imperfections (will upload pics later), but they are on the far edges of the card and are really only visible when the card is turned sideways. They have no nicks, scratches, stains, or creases (although the charizard has a small 1/4mm cut on the back that is about 1/16mm deep.
The cards I am most interested in learning more about are (base set unless otherwise noted)
http://imgur.com/a/UEM0R
1. ~PSA 9 shadowless Charizardhttp://pokegym.net/forums/#
2. ~PSA 9/10 Shadowless Raichu
4. ~PSA 10 holo Ho-Oh (skyridge)
5. Misprinted Black triangle wrappers (uncut, unripped, but unsealed)
6. ~PSA 9 Poliwrath
7. ~PSA 9 holo Electrode 1st ed. (jungle)
8. ~PSA 10 Articuno (fossil)
9. ~PSA 9 Zapdos
10. ~PSA 10 Typhlosion first ed. (neo)
12 ~PSA 10 Shining Tyranitar (destiny)
11. Unopened complete southern Island set complete with binder, cover, and postcards.
Along with these many promos, newer EX cards, holos and other 8-9 condition cards from the shadowless base set such as zapdos, electrode first ed, shadowless magneton, and many, many more(I should say MOST)
From what I see on here and ebay, these cards alone should be worth a small fortune, not even accounting for my other binder, which I have not looked at yet.
Would it be worth the money to get these graded by PSA? I assume i wont have a response until after the pics are up, but any ballpark price range or min-max would be greatly appreciated, thank you!
*Edit, added pic of cards I'm most interested in. The back of the charizard looks warped, but it is simply the plastic sleeve inside the hard case bunching up., same with what appear to be scrapes, on the hard plastic case. (as well as the soft sleeve on the fron of articuno, these defects are all in the covers. Charizard has not ever been handled by nasty, oily human skin and I don't want to risk damaging it for a picture. I apologize for the bad phone camera quality, but the backs of thee cards are all uniformly perfect to the naked eye anyway
Link to album shows backs of all, charizard (close up back of possible defect), articuno, ho-oh, raichu, typhlosion, and misprint triangle wrapper.
Am I completely overestimating their condition, and if so, do I still have something of value here (this being a very small percentage of my set)?
I humbl thank you for any help you can give.
I was just wondering if these are worth as much as I believe them to be based on my limited research.
The breadwinner is a shadowless charizard with green wings. It was taken directly from a misprinted charizard black triangle booster, and by some strange coincidence i kept the wrapper (I have many of these "misprint" wrappers with the black triangle covering up the 1st edition, all opened, but none ripped or cut,just split at the top seam), and immediately placed in a sleeve and hard case. Judging by other cards I have seen, and after speaking to a friend of mine who has many PSA graded cards, it is easily a 9, and possibly a 10 (i've seen one small white mark on both a 9 and 10 grade of the same card), as it is defect free. According to PSA there are only 21 other PSA 10 shadowless charizards. What would the going price of this be? Honestly, I don't think i could part with it for a million dollars to to the sentimental value of how I acquired it, but it is an exciting though I may be sitting on one of (possibly now) 22 of these in existance (or 78 at a 9)
I also have some cards I believe are rare, but cannot seem to get a definitive answer on how rare/price range. I have posted pictures of some of them, front and back (they are all flawless backs aside from the slight charizard nick). Most have only been unsealed for under a minute while pulling them originally, and half of them have never directly touched a human hand (unless it was touched at some point in production, I used rubber gloves opening packs usually.)
I am aware that just because I say these cards are these grades doesn't necessarily mean they will get this score. I'm just asking for a ballpark and can provide pictures for proof if needed. Going by the PSA guidelines they all have four perfect corners, are centered within the allowable margins of error, have the original full gloss as they have never touched human skin. There are some slight printing imperfections (will upload pics later), but they are on the far edges of the card and are really only visible when the card is turned sideways. They have no nicks, scratches, stains, or creases (although the charizard has a small 1/4mm cut on the back that is about 1/16mm deep.
The cards I am most interested in learning more about are (base set unless otherwise noted)
http://imgur.com/a/UEM0R
1. ~PSA 9 shadowless Charizardhttp://pokegym.net/forums/#
2. ~PSA 9/10 Shadowless Raichu
4. ~PSA 10 holo Ho-Oh (skyridge)
5. Misprinted Black triangle wrappers (uncut, unripped, but unsealed)
6. ~PSA 9 Poliwrath
7. ~PSA 9 holo Electrode 1st ed. (jungle)
8. ~PSA 10 Articuno (fossil)
9. ~PSA 9 Zapdos
10. ~PSA 10 Typhlosion first ed. (neo)
12 ~PSA 10 Shining Tyranitar (destiny)
11. Unopened complete southern Island set complete with binder, cover, and postcards.
Along with these many promos, newer EX cards, holos and other 8-9 condition cards from the shadowless base set such as zapdos, electrode first ed, shadowless magneton, and many, many more(I should say MOST)
From what I see on here and ebay, these cards alone should be worth a small fortune, not even accounting for my other binder, which I have not looked at yet.
Would it be worth the money to get these graded by PSA? I assume i wont have a response until after the pics are up, but any ballpark price range or min-max would be greatly appreciated, thank you!
*Edit, added pic of cards I'm most interested in. The back of the charizard looks warped, but it is simply the plastic sleeve inside the hard case bunching up., same with what appear to be scrapes, on the hard plastic case. (as well as the soft sleeve on the fron of articuno, these defects are all in the covers. Charizard has not ever been handled by nasty, oily human skin and I don't want to risk damaging it for a picture. I apologize for the bad phone camera quality, but the backs of thee cards are all uniformly perfect to the naked eye anyway
Link to album shows backs of all, charizard (close up back of possible defect), articuno, ho-oh, raichu, typhlosion, and misprint triangle wrapper.
Am I completely overestimating their condition, and if so, do I still have something of value here (this being a very small percentage of my set)?
I humbl thank you for any help you can give.
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