APokemonfan went to a yard sale and got 19 cards for $50. It’s not uncommon forPokemonfans to make surprising discoveries at garage or yard sales or stores, expanding their collections with new items.
That was the case for one fan whobought a rarePokemoncardfor only $1 at a secondhand store. Illustrated by the legendary Ken Sugimori, a raw copy of this card is worth $234.95, while a grade 10 was sold for $4,408.00. Another fan had a big surprise after buying a binder withPokemoncards for $50 at a garage sale and found a reverse holo Dark Blastoise. According to the PSA, a copy of this coveted card sold for an incredible $6,700 in April. Acquiring cards in unexpected situations always makes for interesting stories, as was the case with onePokemonfan.
On thePokemon TCGsubreddit, user AthrunSykes showed off their purchase: 19 cards bought for only $50 at a yard sale. The photo features the majority of cards with full art illustrations, several ex variants, and cards featuringLegendary Pokemonsuch as Groudon, Ho-Oh, Lugia, Zekrom, and Reshiram. Their batch of cards also includes popular pocket monsters such as Charizard, Emolga, Ash’s Greninja, the Mega forms of Manectric and Gardevoir, Primal Groundon, and Aggron.
Pokemon Fan Buys a Batch of Cards for $50 and Gets an Immediate Return
Some cards stand out for their price, well above what the OP spent to get them, such as Full Art Primal Groudon EX. This card was released in 2015 as part of the Primal Clash set. According toPokeDATA, a raw copy costs $75.94, while a grade 10 can reach $347.07. Another notable item on the list is Full Art M Gardevoir EX, part of the 2016 Radiant Collection subset, whose raw copy costs $63.62, and a grade 10 copy can cost $500. A third noteworthy card is Full Art Ho-Oh EX from BREAKpoint, another 2016 set. Although the rawGen 2 Pokemoncard is worth only $23.12, a copy in excellent condition can be worth $440.
Although many fans have stopped collectingPokemoncards over the years, it is always heartwarming to see that the community at large has not lost its love for even the oldest ones. For fans planning to expand their collections with something more recent, Black Bolt and White Flare hit the shelves on July 18. That’s theEnglish version of thePokemon TCGsetreleased recently in Japan, and it features monsters first seen in Unova.
