***Official Pokemon Card Showoff Thread***

[VampireSports]

Originally Posted by Dacubs2

very nice

Thank you


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[PoPCulture]

I opened a large amount of Celebrations at release. I sold all of the cards that were selling high at the time but I thought there were many other cards that were selling way to low for what they were so I filled a 300 count box with Holos and Rares and forgot about it. I was just reorganizing my top storage shelf and found the box all the way in the back. Here is a snippet of what is in there…




…man I wish PSA wasn’t taking 3-4 months to grade and return. Is the anything here that y’all would send on a faster service? Anything over bulk price scares me with gem rates what they are these days.

[Ianhatcher]

Originally Posted by PoPCulture

…man I wish PSA wasn’t taking 3-4 months to grade and return. Is the anything here that y’all would send on a faster service? Anything over bulk price scares me with gem rates what they are these days.

Not sure who is telling you that or if you experienced that long but my TCG Bulk orders have only been taking a little over a month at most 2 months for this entire year.

My last two orders were received on July 28th and I got them back by September 4th and that is with PSA doing that crappy We'll Buy Your Cards offer that delays them another 3-4 days from shipping.

The Gem Rates are pretty bad though of late especially after the centering scale changes which I do happen to agree with but have noticed an uptick in 9s due to it.

Celebrations is going to be pumped for some time into the 30th set. But, the biggest issue I see now is wax prices are getting so out of control that like the Sports Card market I think it will start to effect the singles market.

[bub838]

Alot of those in a 10 are worth sending in bulk.

The three Umbreon's might be worth a little faster service.

https://www.pricecharting.com/consol...in-collection=

[PoPCulture]

Originally Posted by Ianhatcher

Not sure who is telling you that or if you experienced that long but my TCG Bulk orders have only been taking a little over a month at most 2 months for this entire year.

My last two orders were received on July 28th and I got them back by September 4th and that is with PSA doing that crappy We'll Buy Your Cards offer that delays them another 3-4 days from shipping.

The Gem Rates are pretty bad though of late especially after the centering scale changes which I do happen to agree with but have noticed an uptick in 9s due to it.

Celebrations is going to be pumped for some time into the 30th set. But, the biggest issue I see now is wax prices are getting so out of control that like the Sports Card market I think it will start to effect the singles market.

Thanks. I haven’t actually sent a tcg order in over a year. I was going off the timeline that my sports submissions have taken lately. It’s good to know they are finishing faster even though gem rates have fallen. I’ll wait a week to see if 10/10 day offers any special pricing, then start sending 10-20 at a time. They aren’t all worth sending obviously and the photo doesn’t show everything I have.

[PoPCulture]

Originally Posted by bub838

Alot of those in a 10 are worth sending in bulk.

The three Umbreon's might be worth a little faster service.

https://www.pricecharting.com/consol...in-collection=

The difference between 9’s and 10’s on some of these is truly fascinating!

[TXRunner]

I have been sending in my TCG through Gamestop. It's about a 6 week turnaround. Also, my gem rate has been about 80%. But I go through all my cards with a centering tool and a loupe. I just dropped off another batch yesterday. I am actually trying to get through all of my Celebrations to take an order of those to GS. I am finding that centering is the big issue in the stack I have. I must have submitted all my well centered cards already as I pulled a bunch of 10's on the ones I have submitted already.

[The_Reverend]

https://ibb.co/PZLK2j7F
https://ibb.co/mFJwQzDh
https://ibb.co/p6m6RmfC
https://ibb.co/B5XGbvzj
https://ibb.co/DDsqpQm9
https://ibb.co/tMLN6gFB
https://ibb.co/6Js5YyFR
https://ibb.co/sdJc3t11
https://ibb.co/F4s8zXF4
https://ibb.co/LDdkv4Vc

[The_Reverend]

Going back to the beginning of this thread, seeing people pass on what are now 4 figure cards shows how Pokemon has grown and become a collectible monster.

Go back to page 20. Someone said they would not be paying $250 for a box. Fast forward to today! That is a good price on hot sets.

[Icollectstuff]

Originally Posted by TXRunner

I have been sending in my TCG through Gamestop. It's about a 6 week turnaround. Also, my gem rate has been about 80%. But I go through all my cards with a centering tool and a loupe. I just dropped off another batch yesterday. I am actually trying to get through all of my Celebrations to take an order of those to GS. I am finding that centering is the big issue in the stack I have. I must have submitted all my well centered cards already as I pulled a bunch of 10's on the ones I have submitted already.

Wow an 80% gem rate is crazy... that's impressive

My gem rate is probably under 50%... in my defense though I don't use a centering tool... I also send stuff that I know won't get a 10 but I just want a graded copy of the card in my binders...

I think if I were to be a little more selective I could get over a 50% gem rate... I don't mind 9s though because I feel like in 10 years or so I'd rather have a 9 over the card raw

[sauceboy]

[eastbayak]

Originally Posted by sauceboy

I see some whiting on the corner(s). Did you sub with hopes of a 10 or to encapsulate (and protect) it (as well as be OK with a 9)?

I have some cards that I know won't gem (or could be a toss-up) but like the idea of encapsulating cards too (to preserve overall condition, even if it's clearly just an 8-9).

[VampireSports]

Originally Posted by sauceboy

What a great card!


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[acunamatata1]

Originally Posted by VampireSports

What a great card!


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What'd you get yours for?

[KhalDrogo]

It is amazing what Pikachu prices have done the last 6 months. Every somewhat hard to find PSA 10 is now $500+. Many of these have 10x’d over the past 2-3 years. So glad I started when I did and have most everything except the Art Academies and Trainers.

[Bob Ross]

Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

It is amazing what Pikachu prices have done the last 6 months. Every somewhat hard to find PSA 10 is now $500+. Many of these have 10x’d over the past 2-3 years. So glad I started when I did and have most everything except the Art Academies and Trainers.

[eastbayak]

Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

It is amazing what Pikachu prices have done the last 6 months. Every somewhat hard to find PSA 10 is now $500+. Many of these have 10x’d over the past 2-3 years. So glad I started when I did and have most everything except the Art Academies and Trainers.

Pokemon cards, as a whole, have done well over the last few years.

It's been incredible.

[TXRunner]

Originally Posted by eastbayak

Pokemon cards, as a whole, have done well over the last few years.

It's been incredible.

Timely article. Per the article, Pokemon cards have yielded a 3,821% return since 2004.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/18/targ...ay-season.html

[bloodwings19]

There is a guy with millions subs who said in the last 10 years of Pokemon, this year made it for all for those 10 years. He was checking prices of boosters packs, all of them have gone up. I went to Walmart yesterday for an errand and I didn't see any Pokemons.

[KhalDrogo]

Originally Posted by bloodwings19

There is a guy with millions subs who said in the last 10 years of Pokemon, this year made it for all for those 10 years. He was checking prices of boosters packs, all of them have gone up. I went to Walmart yesterday for an errand and I didn't see any Pokemons.

There are never any. The company that has always printed to exceed demand hasn’t been able to exceed demand in at least a year.

[sauceboy]

Originally Posted by acunamatata1

What'd you get yours for?

I paid $300 for mine.

[Newsstands]

Delete.

[TimBuckTwo]

What is it?

[Icollectstuff]

Here is the results of my last gamestop returns.... I pulled them all at original retail price so despite some grades I didn't expect I'm still hsppy

[sandyfrank]

Originally Posted by Icollectstuff

Here is the results of my last gamestop returns.... I pulled them all at original retail price so despite some grades I didn't expect I'm still hsppy

Nice that Tyranitar has to be HUGE now.