Pokemon 1999 1st Edition Base Set SMR Article

Recently I was interviewed for an article with Sports Market Report (SMR) magazine. SMR magazine is the monthly magazine that comes standard with PSA subscriptions. They typically feature articles about older sports cards, and act as a price guide for sports cards as well.

However, this is the first time a Pokemon article has been featured in the magazine! I just received it today, fittingly on my birthday, and hope that this publication will push the hobby further into the spotlight.

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Great read. Watch out collectors. Here come some newly found speculators to drive the price up!

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Just read the whole thing and a great piece, hopefully makes Pokemon card collecting more established, be great to see more articles like this, informative and look forward to seeing it in the Sports Market Report,

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Happy birthday dude

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Is R.Hebb in E4?

P.s. The article layout is phenomenal.

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Wasn’t easy keeping this secret Scott lol.
Did they use any of our cards?

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Like you keeping YOUR prerelease Raichu secret? :wink:

Do I see @dipzy in this article too? Looks like we’re well represented!!

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And @cbd1235! We are rolling in the representation. Just need to get that last guy on over. :wink:

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Happy birthday!

This article makes me wish I still collected English cards. I would definitely go for the Base set.

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It is never too late to join the English side. :wink:

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Thats meeeee : D :grin:
Wow :grin: i remember being contacted by email and being interviewed for this.
I love this, will download it, print it, and file it for my collection :blush:
Good to see a few of us in this article :blush:

Happy Birthday Scott :grin:

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:tada: :rofl:

habbp birthington day.

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Interestingly enough they didn’t use any 10 grades I sent them.

IT WOULD BE COOL IF THEY DO AN ARTICLE ON NO RARITANS MUHAHAHAHAAH HEHEHE

Wow…came out very well though.

One thing that was edited out though was my suggestion to play up the 20th anniversary angle cause I felt it was significant. So, it was added…and then cut. Very disappointing cause I believed it lent more credibility to the hobby based on longevity :slightly_frowning_face:

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I could only imagine how entertaining of a read that would be if they included a pokesyn interview. They would be very upset to hear of your BGS dealings though.

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hmmms i would have to do some stealth secrets hidden from the iNTEReview. And dhey could have scans of my venusaur and charizard… AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE GUYS… WHO KNOWS WHATS ELSE.

not in the article proper, but technically there’s a GEM MINT mewtwo pic in the contents :stuck_out_tongue: