u/DevelopmentFun7768

Hey guys! This will be the 3rd, and hopefully final time I post my portfolio in this forum. Either way, I’ll share where I’m at. Interested to hear any and all perspectives and opinions.

I have attached my top cards in my portfolio above, but there’s a few important things to note.

1. The only gold star that I ACTUALLY have graded, is the Registeel PSA9. The others are just labeled as what I EXPECT them to get. I’ve attached photos as well. I plan to grade them down the line, after maybe getting restoration looked at.

2. I expect the CD Promos to all grade (Hopefully) as at LEAST 8+s, with my expectation being 9s/one 10.

3. If you looked at my previous posts in here on my profile, I got clowned for not “holding sealed,” I personally don’t enjoy holding sealed, I enjoy cards.

What’re your thoughts? I started transitioning a lot of my other cards into gold stars, as once I got my first two, I fell in love and (might’ve) went a bit overboard catching the ones I have.

I am 22 years old currently, and plan to hold most of the bigger cards pictured (Gold Stars, CD Promos) until I’m in my 40s.

If you had to pick some cards to hold for the next 18 years, would your strategy be similar to mine? Or different? Why?

Bought these a few days ago for $950 total. Plan on grading them. Just want to make sure that I got a decent deal on them, and didn’t buy 3 fake cards.

Hey guys, I spent $950 cash buying these off someone on FaceBook Marketplace the other day. It was the biggest single cash purchase I’ve made in Pokemon (most of my cards/portfolio have been picked up through trade), and was wondering what this subs thoughts were.

I plan to grade them, but I’ve never graded anything myself, so I’m not sure if I should just wait for PSA to open. Open to ideas.

Also, I read somewhere that the gem rates might be skewed because so many of these cards were graded back in the day? If anyone has insight on that, let me know.

Any and all information/comments are appreciated! As of right now, I’m super happy with my purchase. Interested to see what the sub thinks.

Thanks!