With consistent sales right above $300, is it just me or is this card extremely undervalued?
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I believe it is very undervalued. I came back in to this hobby as a collector fairly recently after appreciating my box of childhood cards. I grew up while the EX series was brand new, so I was not around for Base Set Charizard. Crystal Guardians Charizard was my equivalent of a Base Set Charizard, and even now that I have both, I think the Delta Species Charizard is just as eye catching and timeless. As people that grew up with Crystal Guardians Charizard like myself become adults and have more spending power, I think that era will rise drastically in price.
If you already have it, hold on to it, and if you are thinking of adding it to your collection, I would recommend sooner rather than later.
Hope this helped 
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Remember that this is just a regular holo from a set. There’s 51 graded in PSA 10. 30 of them have been graded since last October.
Not only is it just a regular holo, there is a reverse version which is very nice and will divide the demand for this card. 26 reverse holos have been graded in PSA 10.
The only thing going for this card is that it has a Charizard and it seems hard to grade (246 PSA 9s). Not worth $300 if you ask me. Then again, it is a charizard…
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Extremely undervalued would be pushing it, but I think it can possibly be a $500 card eventually. Anything beyond that would just be wild speculation at this point. We have to remember not every card is as popular or desirable, even if it’s a Charizard.
I honestly would have thought Dark Charizard or Blaine’s Charizard would be $1000 at this point, yet they’re still sub $500.
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Thank you all for the feedback, I didn’t realize it was only a regular holo. I do agree that Dark Charizard and Blaine’s should probably fetch a higher price at this point.
I feel the same way about power keepers zard rev holo.
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We can all have personal feelings towards certain cards being worth certain prices today or what not even if the reasoning makes a lot of sense (hard to grade, popular, scarce…). However in a market, personal feelings do not really matter and prices are only fueled by market supply and demand.
For Blaine’s and Dark Charizard, we often overlook how many are in the pop report as 10s. We can argue that there are many wishing to own one of them, and it is true, I believe there are more people than PSA 10 copies wishing to own one. But in reality, how many are really in the market to actually own one. Well from the market’s perspective, not enough to push the price up as of now.
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The only thing the ex crystal guardians has going for it right now is the current low pop report and the fact that it is a pretty tough card to grade. I would expect the card to push to 500-600 and then the tnolans and cardrushes to start spamming them out which would saturate the market/increase the pop and effectively stem off demand (not a complaint or dig, just a reality). Like Chok said, not every zard is a winner. I’m genuinely surprised Blaine and Dark (1st ed) never pushed higher and they’re both old as shit WOTC cards. The only reason I could see the ex going a bit higher is because of nostalgia for an upcoming generation that sees more wealth in their bank accounts as they build their careers. It doesn’t appear that my generation has enough love for the Blaine or Dark, we just stick to the base set. In any case, it’s a beautiful card and I’m happy to be one of the 51 to own it!
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It’s a very unique card. I wonder what the future holds for the reverse holo version.
A nice card but not where i would put my cash on right now. The idea on whats nicest between rev.holo and holo rare is an interresting aspect. Personally i lean more towards the reverse holos from the ex sets. The gold name and border is very good looking.
I agree that it isn’t a bad thing. I think it’s actually a good thing.
Short term they’re bringing down the price of a collectible (and create a buyer’s market.) Long term they’re drying up the supply of NM zards to grade so I’d expect the price to rebound. Those charizards are going to get graded eventually assuming demand isn’t met (which i doubt it is by looking at the pop.)
It will also reveal to us which cards have too high a supply to be valuable anytime soon. If businesses continue to grade the same cards in bulk and the price continues to drop without stabilizing that means the market is probably too saturated with NM examples of the card. Cards that follow this pattern are ones to avoid if you’re looking for cards that will appreciate in value.
btw since you mentioned that reverse with the 21 pop, I’d have to say I agree. But it was population 15 when I got mine and it’s jumped to 21 because cardrush was spamming both the holo and reverse out. The reverse pop only went up 6 after he finished spamming so I still think the card is incredibly undervalued even though it took a dip all the way down to $200. Honestly, if I saw more up for that price, I’d buy them all myself. It’s crazy that some of these cards are so hard to even find with pops below 30 over a decade later yet they’re going for sub 500 prices.
They’re pretty hard to grade (older card & some centering issues during a time where print runs were lower.) I personally LOVE the gold lettering/stamped cards from this era (one of my favorite electrodes has this same pattern.) I actually graded and sold 2 earlier this year (a 9 and 10.) and had a very hard time finding ones I thought had any chance at a 10.
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Yeah I meant I think that reverse is probably incredibly undervalued right now. I’m always keeping my eyes out for them to pop up.
When there’s a history of sales you can pretty much trust the valuation. Undervalued is something you can only see in retrospect.
Yeah I understand that, but the history of sales being so low is because the only time these were readily available was when one guy (cardrush) flooded them all at one time. Then they virtually disappeared with only one going up and IMMEDIATELY selling for the low asking price. There hasn’t been a single one up for purchase for since June (I’ve been looking) and like I said, it went for BIN as soon as it was listed. I just personally think its worth a hell of a lot more than $200 and I’d definitely buy more of them at that price (or higher) if I saw them pop up. I’m a sucker for low pop reports on old cards though, especially when they grade hard, so there’s that.
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Great artwork and it’s Zard. A lot of future upside here