The SGC 9.5 Mickey Mantle rookie went for 12.6 million dollars! This is the highest publicly sold trading card & sports collectible! What is interesting about this specific copy is it sold for 50k about 30 years ago. That is exactly what I sold Illustrators for back in the day. Will there be a pokemon card worth 12.6m 20-30 years from today?
Vast majority of serious sports collectors are well-established and have deep pockets. Pokemon’s major audience hasn’t even reached that level of wealth development yet. We have a way to go, but I don’t think it’s as far off as one would assume.
It’s an impressive sale, given the overall world market sentiment towards many investments the past 9-12 months. I feel it will strengthen the overall collectibles market, because it shows that people are still willing to drop the big numbers down on key cards & collectibles even during negative times.
Seeing sales like this makes me believe cards like Charizard or Black Lotus or other key non-sports cards will inevitability get in the 7 figure range at some point or another. It just feels that way to me at least.
Hot and most likely false take - only 2 people in the world were willing to drop more than 5 million on it, and they both outbid each other to 12.6 million.
Illustrator may top it in 30 years. Who knows, but you can always just get a lower condition copy for a '52 Topps Mantle, unlike most golden era trophies. That’s why I’m so optimistic on those golden era trophies, not that I have a dog in the fight.
In my opinion :
A Pokemon will never reach 10 million especially Illustrator.
A fictional character is very difficult to surpass a real lived character.
I don’t know how works Liquidmarketplace but someone a few weeks ago said that Illustrator PSA 10 is already starting to lose value.
And recently Illustrator appear like mushrooms, @proretrox in a recent post on Instagram he said he sold “The SwirlIlustrator” but he has another illustrator available.
Is there a possibility that someone has taken over the machines to print the cards? And once in a while does he print one and put it to sell?
I saw that sale and lost my crap for a hot second! Wasn’t expecting it to eclipse the Wagner in such a thorough manner. Makes sense though given condition
So you’re saying the biggest media franchise in the world will never reach the heights of sports ever due to one being a two dimensional illustrated visual art, compared to a real life individual where people are prone to pay more just because one’s real and one’s not? The hobby may still be in infants stage, but that’s a bold take to assume that it will never get there considering what has happened the past few years alone. I wholeheartedly disagree.
People have been talking noise about the illustrator losing value and whether or not it’s just all hype for years.
Yeah. There’s no card to compare because the early print runs of Pokemon don’t have 3 PSA 10s. Its a steep goal, but we know the rarity and its all about the demand.
Just curious, how would politics prevent anymore 10s if the card is worthy? Wouldn’t PSA want to have the next record sale by having one in their slab as a 10?
No offense, but I just don’t understand this idea. Some of the most valuable artwork is complete fiction. Hell some are just colors on canvas with no figures at all.
As for liquid market, I wouldn’t use any fractional share as market value. There are psa 10 base unlimited charizards well above their last eBay sale. Id even go further and say market value isn’t a thing for high end ultra rare items. If I took this same mantle and auctioned it on Instagram, it probably wouldn’t earn 12m. Same goes for fractional share outlets.
That’s interesting because as a non-American, the sports card market is insane.
I don’t know why people would pay for cards of players from different teams, or outside their own era or even any card which amounts to a photoshopped picture of a player as opposed to artists drawing artwork. Fictional characters OTOH can masquerade as art on cardboard.
I may not be the biggest football fan - I only care to watch my own team’s games, and even then only ones that are live/highlights, so I really can’t see the appeal of players from yesteryears.
If that holds true in non-American markets, then for sure Pokemon, which transcends borders, will eventually surpass sports cards. There are just more consumers or more specifically there is a higher chance of having those willing to pay the bigger the potential market is.
