How Pokémon Cards Got So Expensive
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- Опубліковано 16 лип 2023
- Ever wonder why someone would buy a Charizard or Pikachu for hundreds of thousands of dollars? This is the story of why Pokémon cards have exploded in price recently, and we'll get to the bottom of what makes the really valuable ones worth so much money.
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EDITS for accuracy!
Doing more post-vid research (s/o commenter @laulsach2641) and want to correct some information! All my points in this video still stand, nothing has changed any of that - but I want to do my due diligence & update numbers to reflect new info I’ve learned for accuracy. So here’s 3 quick addendums if you’d like to learn exactly what mistakes I made 😭
#1 - There are actually 124 PSA 10 First Edition Charizards - an article I read while researching this video actually got this number wrong and mixed it up with the number of Shadowless PSA 10 Charizards, which was 54 at the time (now 57). So your odds of getting one would be more like 1 in 500,000,000 ... still significantly worse odds than winning the lottery ;) odds of getting a Shadowless would be 1/1,000,000,000 though!
#2 - Prices: When talking about how much cards sell for, there's a few things to think about: mostly (in my mind) how much money the most expensive sale went for, how much the most recent sale was for, and the valuation given to it by the PSA. The below information corresponds to PSA 10 cards:
The most expensive 1st Edition Charizard sold for $399,750 on 3/7/2021 (cited as $420,000 in many articles about this sale, but PSA says $399,750 so I’ll stick with them).
- The most recent sale was for $252,000.
- The PSA values it at $181,900.
The most expensive Shadowless Charizard sold for $75,600 on 2/28/2021.
- The most recent sale was for $47,970.
- The PSA values it at $120,000.
The most expensive Unlimited Charizard sold for $30,800 on 10/28/2020.
- The most recent sale was for $9,000.
- The PSA values it at $10,000.
#3 Prices on Dark Explorers / Dragons Exalted remain the same. Explorers sold for $5,500 July 17th and Exalted sold for $3,400 on July 16th (2023).
So, the points all still stand … 1st edition -> shadowless -> unlimited in terms of value - BUT the numbers are a bit different. The biggest error I made was on the Shadowless variant - it is significantly less expensive than stated in the video. 1st edition and unlimited data tracks with my info in the video, though. Lastly, again - there are about 2.5x more PSA 10 First Editions than stated in the video!
Another interesting fact brought up by commenter @hm_09865 - "There was a 4th printing of the base set. They are the 102 set, but they state 1999-2000. They were printed for the UK."
If you read all this, comment “i’m a nerd 🤓” (working on a sources document in description if you wanna nerd out even more).
Thanks for the love on the video so far!
@brendenconner9686 phantom wolf zero x shadow 2:21
I have the same gengar EX at 5:21
You missed some info but love your style of story content & how you put it together. Keep up the great work I'm a fan.
I remember getting a sealed box of Dragons Exalted back in 2015 for $150 and cracking it open because it's my favorite set. My dear sweet Arceus how times have changed...
Absolutely bonkers - Dragons Exalted was a fire set! Full art Rayquaza and Mew are my faves. Part of me's sad since I loved those B&W sets and now they're so wildly out of any normal person's price range. I really wish eBay data went back further so I could get the stats on exactly how much things increased around 2020. Finding a way to really dig into the numbers if I can get access might be a really interesting project...
@BygoneDayz yeah, though I was into DRX for Giratina-EX
@@ultrakirbyfan100 Giritina EX was also sick
@@Byg0ne for sure, my favorite internationally released BW card!
Feel like you could do a whole piece on the history of that PSA 10 Pikachu Illustrator alone, especially considering it was originally as PSA 9 and one of the owners it passed through just cracked it out its slab & kept resubmitting the card to PSA until someone slipped up and gave it a PSA 10 👀
I wasn't even aware of this, love this idea! If I end up making this I'll make sure to get your name in the description 💪
all the small channels now have such great videos! i hope you reach your goals on youtube!
Thanks so much! :) appreciate you watching
absolutely fantastic video, the editing was so crisp and you made the topic really easy to understand and follow even if you are not the biggest fan of pokemon cards.
Thank you so much! Means a ton 💪
Hey Casey, this video is amazing, great job! I can totally see where you applied a lot of what we learned in frame by frame. Keep up the good work!
I don't know how I missed this, but thanks so much :)
This was a really cool video! My only recommendation would be to use sold listings, as well as sites like 130point and pokemonprice to ascertain price on cards. Active listings don't really provide a ton of meaningful information, as you can list a card for whatever price you want, it doesn't necessarily mean it's actually worth that. So some of the prices you quoted for Base Charizard are quite inaccurate (too high). Otherwise, this was a great video and impressive to see from a small channel. Good stuff :)
Great point, appreciate the constructive feedback! Will definitely keep this in mind if I make another video on this topic plus will add corrections to my pinned comment & desc when I get the chance :)
@@Byg0ne cheers! Looking forward to what you put out next 😁
@@needszeebs6942 Thanks man, working on some exciting projects! 😄Updated my pinned comment to reflect inaccuracies, thanks again for pointing them out 🤙
Greatly edited and written video mate
Also seeing evolving skies going for $400 now is just wild to me wonder if there is ever any going back
Thanks so much! And dude I know 🤦♂crazy how quickly it's gone up, I bought a box for like $125 not even a year ago. I'm interested to see how it all plays out as well - 2/5 of all cards ever printed were just in the last two years, and (this is just me speculation) I suspect more people are holding onto product now that it's become more of a mainstream thing to collect. Long term it may be pretty set dependent, Evolving Skies is exceptionally popular. We'll see!
An absolute banger video 💯🔥
Thanks Izzy 😤💪🏼🔥
very nicely presented, great work.
the almost constant use of the clicky sound effect is a little distracting, but overall the editing is very good :)
Thanks! Yeah, I'm with you on the click hahaha sometimes things feel right when you do them and then watching it back you're like ... what was I thinking here? Appreciate the feedback :)
This was a great modern historic video. Thanks. Can you do a video on comic book collecting too?
Ooh, I'll definitely bring it into the rotation of ideas I've got going on! I don't know anything about it now, but sounds like a super fun topic to research
These are great videos😊
Thank you! 😃
How does this guy only have 300 subscribers? His vids are so good
Thanks FlipFlopMan u the 🐐
Great video!
Bless up 🙏
Dude is starting his UA-cam career with this high quality video and sound
Got that RODE-NT USB 😤💪🏼 #notaplug
Excellent video
Thank you man! :)
I got a charizard from 2016 black and white packs
Hell yeah, makin money moves
u are very underrated
Appreciate you Luis 🙏
Why are you underrated
The world may never know
His channel is only a month old. 😆 Give it time
@@nocapvisualz 😂
There was a 4th printing of the base set. They are the 102 set, but they state 1999-2000. They were printed for the UK.
Adding as a note in pinned comment! Thanks for bringing up :)
I think a very good reason why Pokémon cards retain their value even the newer ones is because of Pull Rates. (Also Popularity)
Like example of a newer set you can’t just go to Walmart and buy the card your looking for you have to open packs till you get it or go on the second hand market to find one. And the most sought after cards of a set go for good amounts.
Agree 100%
I have that exact same gengar EX
That's hype! I still have it to this day as well
@@Byg0ne noice
Remember me one day you are going to be popular one day
Thank you for the kind words Dillan you shall be remembered
There's actually 124 PSA 10 1st edition shadowless Charizards.
And 57 PSA 10 regular base shadowless Charizards
Addressed this & more in my pinned comment already! Based that # initially on an article that had it wrong - whoops. Thanks for the correction, appreciate the cross-checking!
There is a ishira gx
Wasn’t Logan’s pikachu illustrator fake? Or did he get his hands on a real one?
The PSA 10 one he has is real! I’ve seen some video of him getting mad over a fake one, looked into it and apparently he paid $150k for a fake one at one point - don’t think Logan is always the wisest with his Pokémon money choices 😂
The popularity of the monster has a big influence on price, charizard is normally the most expensive in a set, regardless of rarity.
Great point! Umbreon seems to be a popular one as well (gold star, evolving skies..) plus with alt arts the actual art composition itself seems to be playing more of a role as well
This is a good video but like everything card price go up and down like everything does
Very wise perspective tbh
I started investing in pokemon cards in 2018. I knew something was different about pokemon from other Collectable & Commodity investment vehicles in the market unlike vintage starwars figures or baseball cards. Pokemon is actually a defining moment in popular culture which captivated the world and not just predominantly the west, and ontopnofnthat pokemon is multigenerational which is still the most popular IP among kids even today. When those kids grow up, the cards they have now will likely be sought out just like the vintage ones were for 90s and 2000s kids.
Thats why I made incredibly stupid purchases in 2018 like $2000 for a first edition team rocket box... atleast thats what I was told at the time. Now that box is worth over $29,000. And sure people might tell me, "well something being valued at $29,000 is very different than actually being able to sell it" but I have news for you guys, I sold it, (granted for $26,000 after negotiations). Infact I've sold multiple of my vintage boosterboxes since then for similar high values and i have more in the bank after deposit box waiting for buyers. but point is, these cards are worth alot and the demand is real. And it makes perfect sense.
That’s awesome, congrats on your success investing! Some really great points here too, the multi-generational thing is huuuge.
The fisrts edition zard dropped enormous xd
Definitely fallen from its top price, but $252k on most recent sale is still pretty wild imo
@@Byg0ne the psa site says lower and pricecharting aswell onmy then trust more on psa itself
My mom in 2002 buy pack base bet legendary got charizard #3 the grandmu trash all pokemon card
If only grandma knew
Pokerev I know him
I really do
i believe u
I think in long term perspective (15 years +) an first Edition charizard will be one of the safest investments out there…
We shall see … I’m stickin w the s&p 500
I traded for a 600 dollar card
That’s dope what card
I blame Logan Paul for jacking up the prices of Pokémon cards and ruining it for those who are truly, genuinely passionate for the cards and don’t care much about their value or see it as an investment at all.
I belong firmly to this camp, and heck if the prices of Pokémon cards crash tomorrow I would actually be happier, knowing that my favourite cards can now be more cheaply obtained.
Tbh I'm with u it's pretty silly
Maybe make this kids only, everything is like no shit
My apologies for wasting your time HunkMine 😔🙏🏼 I will have to respectfully decline the suggestion to put this exclusively onto UA-cam kids
Baset. Card. Psa 10. But. Editon. Pokemon card
So true