How about those PSA 9 1st ed holos??

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On August 31st 2017 I made a post which showed the cheapest (therefore may slightly underrepresent past market price)sale price of all PSA 9 1st ed holos that were visible on the eBay completed sales search. Let’s compare these to prices we see today. (All prices according to watchcount.com!)

  1. Alakazam $300
    Lowest sale in last 3 months: $400 (Sept 15)
    Last 3 sales: $440 (Nov 4), $450 (Nov 10), $600 (Nov 12)

  2. Blastoise $627
    Lowest sale in last 3 months: $600 (Aug 16)
    Last 3 sales: $1500 (Oct 29), $1526 (Oct 29), $1000 (Nov 8)

  3. Chansey $232
    Lowest sale in last 3 months: $255 (Aug 16)
    Last 3 sales: $390 (Oct 26), $485 (Oct 29), $522 (Oct 31)

  4. Charizard $2250
    Lowest sale in last 3 months: $3200 (Aug 27)
    Last 3 sales: $6098 (Oct 29), $5490 (Nov 5), $5917 (Nov 5)

  5. Clefairy $223
    Lowest sale in last 3 months: $232 (Aug 22)
    Last 3 sales: $425 (Oct 15), $425 (Oct 29), $350 (Oct 31)

  6. Gyarados -
    Lowest sale in last 3 months: $399 (Aug 20)
    Last 3 sales: $450 (Sept 27), $440 (Oct 2), $613 (Nov 13)

  7. Hitmonchan $265
    Lowest sale in last 3 months: $300 (Sept 8)
    Last 3 sales: $379 (Oct 24), $380 (Oct 27), $500 (Nov 11)

  8. Machamp $81
    Lowest sale in last 3 months: $120 (Sept 7)
    Last 3 sales: $155 (Oct 16), $400 (Nov 07, why???), $175 (Nov 7)

  9. Magneton $265
    Lowest sale in last 3 months: $242 (Sept 18)
    Last 3 sales: $406 (Oct 23), $375 (Oct 25), $355 (Nov 9)

  10. Mewtwo $410
    Lowest sale in last 3 months: $425 (Sept 29)
    Last 3 sales: $750 (Nov 9), $689 (Nov 10), $750 (Nov 10)

  11. Nidoking $211
    Lowest sale in last 3 months: $276 (Aug 28)
    Last 3 sales: $350 (Nov 9), $406 (Oct 23), $420 (Nov 8)

  12. Ninetales $305
    Lowest sale in last 3 months: $425 (Aug 24)
    Last 3 sales: $446 (Nov 9), $465 (Oct 23), $510 (Nov 13, today!)

  13. Poliwrath $219
    Lowest sale in last 3 months: $275 (Aug 28)
    Last 3 sales: $500 (Oct 23), $330 (Oct 23), $410 (Nov 5)

  14. Raichu $260
    Lowest sale in last 3 months: $340 (Sep 20)
    Last 3 sales: $485 (Oct 25), $529 (Nov 4), $456 (Nov 11)

  15. Venusaur $440
    Lowest sale in last 3 months: $500 (Sep 8)
    Last 3 sales: $785 (Oct 29), $705 (Oct 31), $1000 (Nov 12, !!!)

  16. Zapdos $228
    Lowest sale in last 3 months: $289 (Aug 30)
    Last 3 sales: $372 (Oct 29), $373 (Nov 5), $375 (Nov 10)

Obviously there’s a possibility I missed some sales, just wanted to capture the general trend. The last two months have been really crazy for these cards. Everyone’s talking about the charizard but take a look at some of the others. Blastoise and Venusaur in particular have had some crazy growth. Mewtwo, Raichu, Nidoking, Chansey have sold for nearly double what they were a few months ago!

Although there’s growth across the board, I think you’ll start a bit of a jump in the lower priced holos (Clefairy, Magneton, Zapdos, Poliwrath) in the coming few weeks. Looking forward to seeing where these cards will be in the next few months…

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Good job pfm.

If you’d like a couple private sale numbers from November, let me know.

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I would never say no to data, especially secret data :open_mouth:

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Because his services are just that great:
www.ebay.com/itm/Pokemon-Card-1st-Edition-Shadowless-Machamp-Base-Set-8-102-PSA-9-Mint/152778460521?hash=item23924e4d69:g:EiMAAOSwWLBaAjsa

Funny enough I had guy message me a few days ago telling me how much of an idiot I was for not using a cosigner. Told me I would make more money… My response was pretty simple, I don’t need to pay someone else 10% to sell cards cheaper than I.

Great work Pkmn, I love this type of stuff.

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Gyarados?

Edit: Also, I bought the cheap Clefairy on Oct 20 but the seller canceled the same day.

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Good eye, looks like I failed to add Gyarados to my original post in August too. Added Gyarados and removed the cancelled Clefairy sale.

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I don’t really understand why this sold for 900 USD while there’s 2 copies for much less on Ebay.
Isn’t Pokemonplace a member on here? maybe he can confirm iif legitimate

www.ebay.com/itm/Pokemon-Card-1st-Edition-Shadowless-Zapdos-Base-Set-16-102-PSA-9-Mint/162714871355?hash=item25e28fe63b:g:vWEAAOSwZldZ5SBt

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@cullers

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Bought and paid for.

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Bizarre, there’s 2 listed for $300 less and they don’t really look much worse. Wonder if those listings will change real fast :ninja:

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The sale is probably due to some secret sauce @cullers uses but I’m going to pretend I’m right here. Just call me nostradamus :sunglasses:

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That’s correct.

Though a lot of people only buy from certain respected dealers, or US only or whatever. This happens all day. I remember when pokemonrevolution sold a Shadowless 8 for $799 while there was 2 other on the market for weeks in the $600 range.

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Still, that Zapdos sold at nearly 2.5× past sales. I’m just wondering how many grams of cocaine cullers ships with his cards :wink:

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True, plus it was a weak 9 as well.

That Machamp too… Screw pwcc. @cullers you should run a consignment business.

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I tried to bid on that Gyarados which sold for $610. I did not get it. It looks like many cards are heading towards 500+. At least Machamp will still be below 200 for a bit. Why is Mewtwo selling for so much? Is it because of the recent PWCC PSA 10 sale?

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With regards to the Mewtwo, it was the last holo I needed and it felt like someone is conspiring to drain my bank account for it. The sale on Nov 10 was actually the one I purchased. I can’t say exactly why there was such a rapid spike. I think a drought of cheap copies combined with a few higher confirmed sales really pushed people that really wanted the card to dish out a little extra.

Now that I own a copy I hope this new price-point stabilizes or continues to trend upward. Looks like another copy sold for $730 on the 14th so it’s some further evidence that the new established prices is >$700

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that’s funny, Mewtwo was the final card of my PSA 8 set and I felt the same way (paid $400). I didn’t see one for sale for at least a couple weeks. At the time (few months ago) I felt I was overpaying, but being the last card for my set I didn’t mind. It looks like that’s a pretty reasonable price now.

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You did it! Congrats man. Just think in 3-4 months you’ll be looking back at what you paid very gladly and be thanking the today version of you for splashing out that money.

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A 1st edition raichu just sold yesterday at auction for $430 including shipping. It appeared to be mint but pictures don’t reveal everything. I guess to some people $430 is pocket change and the chance at a 10 may be worth it but I can’t imagine spending PSA 9 money on a loose card.

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That was sold by a member here. I agree some people pay a bit much on raw cards, but in this case it went just under PSA 9 value. Can’t really argue with that price. Other than the scratches on the holo, I can’t spot anything wrong with the card. It’s well centered and the back is flawless.

Then again, I recently bought a psa 8 card which is flawless other than 2 factory lines on the holo, so good luck to whoever bought this. It looks mint, but it might get 8-8.5.

I also wouldn’t pay top dollar on raw cards, but there’s hundreds of people that do. :blush:

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