a fun topic, so 3 years ago the large Migros near my home emptied their shelf and I bought a single pokemon card booster for my daughter at 50%, in english even (I live in the Romandie).
Inside there was a nice looking card that I checked for value and was very surprised: back then it was valued 200 chf! Insane luck. I put it in a binder for cards and forget about it.
Fast forward 3 years, now it has a value of 2000 chf (ÂŁfor perfect cards: mine has never been played and immediately stored, so it should be close to that). 10x in 3 years is not bad
I donât need 2000 chf, so I can keep this indefinitely
To sell it, I would have to somehow âgrade itâ and âseal itâ from professional card grader, possibly some renowned one, in Europe mostly in France or Germany where I would have to send the card. Costs with insured shipping and grading around 50 chf. But this graded card would command way more than 50 chf on the market, and would be perfectly protected.
The card itself seems to be loved because of the pokemon itself and the set, not really for tournament or playing value.
What would you do? Iâm leaning towards seal it and sell it - even if it goes higher, selling a card for more than 2000 is not that easy actually, the more the value, the less liquid it is. and ebay etc all take 10-15% when selling
Since the absolute number of CHF 2â000 is âlowâ and will not change your life significantly, I would story it away for another 10 years and re-evaluate it again.
Even if the price would fall - which probably will be not the case - it has something nostalgic to have a look on something you played with in your childhood. The effect will increase the longer you wait.
Eventually, you will end up having kids - maybe this card can be a nice financial start in their lives?
I keep some odd bits which have costed me almost nothing to acquire and mentally file them as âcollectiblesâ. My rationale is to try to evaluate their value and maybe sell something after I retire. Until then, just keep them and hope that they will pass the stage of âold junkâ and become ârare artifactsâ.
If you bought the card for your daughter, maybe let her decide if sheâs willing to take the risk of investing the 50 francs to have the card assessed and sealed for the chance of selling it for 2000 francs. Or if sheâd rather hold it and possible make a higher return, accounting for the risk that it may become worthless if the Pokemon nostalgia dies out.
It could be a great opportunity to teach her about investing and learning to assess risk vs. reward. That kind of money is less negligible sum for a child/teenager.
She may choose to sell it now while demand is high, and then reinvest the money in less speculative assets (an ETF, etc).
Since it didnât cost you that much you can keep it and wait on it.
I would grade it and sell it for top dollar, but only for an offer that you canât recuse. Then use that money and go on a trip to the land of Pokemons, an experience that your daughter would never forget.
Cards are very volatile, for the moment Pokemon cards are still very collectible.
I have the same doubt with my gaming collection, in the next 10-20 years games will be digital and the younger generation doesnât value that much Retrogaming. I can sell it while the demand is still high and just move on.
I am in a similar situation but not with a Pokemon card but with a musical instrument. I bough it for 500CHF and I can definitly sell it for 5000CHF today.
In my opinion if there is a potential for the value to increase even more in the future (and you donât need the money) just wait, otherwise sell it ASAP.
I am not sure that pokemon cards value will increase forever, it looks to me like a generational trend or something, right? I donât know much about this. In my case I decided to wait, the instrument is vintage, in mint condition and very rare and scarcity will keep increasing so the value will keep growing (I hope so at leastâŠ).
for the other comments: we used to play some game 3-4 years ago but since years we havenât played, and never with that card. There is no nostalgic aspect with pokemon cards.
Iâll figure out how to get it graded in Europe. It seems nobody here has any experience? I found one swiss company but they are quite new so I donât know if that impacts how the grading is perceived. Itâs an interesting world but it seems a lot of âworkâ/trust. Give me my instantaneous ETF on IB thank you very much so liquid.
One of my brothers is a full time Magic: the Gathering trader. I personally hate everything about this game and think its market is a complete scam.
Back in the 90s me and a couple of friends bought a few packs of cards to try it out but we hated the game and never played more than one eveningâŠFFWD to today and apparently that particular collection that we bought from is insanely valuable nowadays, according to my brother. Pity these cards have long been dumped.
Iâd get rid of it, only because thereâre a lot of things on my mind and tracking a physical object through time and space feels like a hassle. Moreover itâs speculative, it may go up or it may go down, and personal preference, and illiquid.
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a fun topic, so 3 years ago the large Migros near my home emptied their shelf and I bought a single pokemon card booster for my daughter at 50%, in english even (I live in the Romandie).
