u/Glyphmoney

Timestamp 7/4

Closeups of bigger cards

Hello again! Been a while, but I have put together a handful of really cool cards and am hoping to trade for some even cooler ones to slot in. I'm open to selling, but prefer trading when possible!

Prices:

- Ghost Stamp Pikachu [HP/DMG] - $350 (cracked from a CGC 3)

- Double Holo Misdreavus [HP] - $70

- Double Holo Raikou [MP] - $125

- Double Holo Blissey [MP] - $80

- Double Holo Blissey [HP/DMG] - $60

- Double Holo Porygon2 [MP] - $75

- Double Holo Magneton [HP] - $60

- 'd' Error Butterfree [HP] - $30

- Rotated Symbol Diglett [MP - HP - HP/DMG] - $50 - $35 - $25

- Champion Road 2000 Chikorita Gold Star [MP] - $200

- Champion Road 2000 Miracle Berry [MP] - $65

- ANA Promo Moltres [HP] - $80

- ANA Promo Zapdos [HP] - $80

- Prerelease Aerodactyl [DMG] - $30

- Imakuni? [HP] - $20

- World Hobby Fair Cyndaquil [NM] - $15

- Gold Border Meowth [MP/HP] - $25

- Neo Revelation Entei [HP] - $80

- Neo Revelation Jumpluff [HP] - $20

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Looking for more cards in this same vein, so if these look familiar let me see what you've got! I'm not interested in any Missing Symbol Errors, already got em, but any other error cards from vintage would def catch my eye. Will provide closeups on request, but if you're hoping for gradebait it ain't here. Will give priority to those looking to get more at once. Great opportunity to add some rare cards to your binder though!! Shipping included in any pricing already.

Yet another addition to my Pika Page, there's still a handful of cool variants out there I don't have but VERY happy to have finally found a copy of the Australian Poketour 1999 Base Set Pikachu. Be free my Aussie friend!

Hello fellow collectors! Like many of us here, I am a big fan of error and misprint cards. I recently started pursuing Double Holo errors after finding a Ho-oh in the wild at a card show and decided I wanted to complete a set of them. However, after a few months of digging I have found that there is some misleading info on identifying them.

There are two major sources I have seen/used: 1. This Elitefourum thread and 2. This CGC article. Both of these focus heavily on the idea that this error is caused by a missing white layer, and that the biggest tell is a missing white border around the artwork of the 'mon in question. I do not think this is accurate, and that a missing white border alone is not always an indication of the Double Holo error. There should also be notable holo bleed into the artwork, giving them an 'aura' around some parts of the art.

Take a look at these comparison videos and images I took. It is difficult to photograph, but shifting the card in the light in person makes these very noticeable that there is holo bleed around significant parts of the art - not just the very limited areas mentioned in the above sources.

While difficult to see, but the non-double holo variants I have in these images lack the white borders in the spots named in the EliteFourum thread. There is no white line below Raikou's foot, no white lines on Entei's spikes, and no border to the ribbons on Suicune. Despite that, I do not believe these are Double Holo. Rather, it appears that the white layer is just placed more directly under the artwork instead of missing entirely. More of a layer shift than absence of it. I bought all 3 of them thinking they were error cards originally and have since come to change my mind on them.

My focus has mostly been on the legendary beasts as I found them to be the most difficult to identify, but this applies to most of the set. There are still several others (Magneton, Delibird, Blissey, Ampharos, and Porygon2) that are easier to just look for the missing white border and seem to reliably be Double Holo (though, a close inspection will show some subtle holo bleed into the edges of them as well. I just don't have comparison cards to do side by sides for these in particular).

Even the more obvious cards will have holo bleed, but it is so subtle compared to the extra holo areas that it is not necessary to look for (Ho-oh [wings and eyes], Misdreavius [eyes], Crobat [moon and eyes], Jumpluff [between cotton puffs], Houndoom [red background], and Shining Gyarados [white background]).

I do not yet have a double holo copy of Shining Magikarp but believe I found one for sale using the concept of looking for holo bleed instead of looking for missing white borders. I also am not positive my Celebi is double holo, but am leaning towards yes due to a very slight holo bleed into their antennae. If anyone with a confirmed copy could check this out it would be greatly appreciated!!

This does not help with finding double holos from still images, as this really requires an awkward position for the lighting that most sellers would not show off. But coming from someone who thought they'd found several double holos only to find out they were similar but not actually truly errors, I wanted to pass on my experience in case it could help out anyone else.

Normal 1st Ed (Red Cheeks), Grey Stamp (Yellow Cheeks), and Ghost Stamp Error Pikas, some of my favorites!!

Red Cheeks 1st Ed, Yellow Cheeks Grey Stamp, and Yellow Cheeks Ghost Stamp Base Set Pikachus. Wild how many variants a single card can have!! Now I just gotta find a Poketour 1999 copy...

Proof Pictures! (100x 1oz generic .999 rounds, stacks of 10)

Hello! My grandfather has given me a big ol' bag of silver and asked that I help him sell it. I am hoping to move it all at once, free shipping, and looking for Zelle for payment. I don't have any sales history here and thus would be looking to ship to a middleman from the approved list. I do have a lot of trades in r/pkmntcgtrades if you'd like to see some records of similar activity!

Looking for Spot Minus $1 for price (Kitco spot, locked at time of payment). Looking forward to hearing from you!

Picked up some seriously cool cards since my last post. In particular have gotten into the super old Japanese promos. I've got the ANA Articuno on the way (been lost in the mail for like a week lmao), but such awesome cards. Makes me wish I could have been part of it, I can imagine just PRAYING to get a flight in the month they gave out a promo. I have faint memories of seeing the Pokemon themed plane as a kid, been a very fun piece of poke-history to recapture!!

A tribute the the OG GOAT, Imakuni (with the Ooyama assist). Most of us Americans know him from the TCG Gameboy game, but the man is MUCH more iconic than that. He was an active part of the scene in Japan, playing (and intentionally losing) to kids who came out to compete and trade. In fact, the green card with him shrugging is titled 'Lose?' If you play that card, you lose. Imakuni is on the card saying 'Is it really so bad?'. Like what a legend. He was part of what has become one the biggest cultural phenomena of our lifetimes, from nearly the very beginning, and used that leverage to make cards that were actively bad for the person playing it. He is a deeply silly, beautiful man.

Some particular favorites of mine are the classic Imakuni? -> Neo Imakuni? -> Shining Imakuni? progression. Neo Imakuni has 2000hp, but also says he can't be played as a pokemon. Shining Imakuni is of course a play on the Shining pokemon cards, but instead he's just being blinded lmao. The card in the bottom left corner is Imakuni's corner, which I felt was fitting. Imakuni's doduo requires you to throw it as hard as you can to retreat (seriously, specifies as hard as you can. don't hold back!). Oh, and while the Porygon may seem out of place it is actually Imakuni himself responsible for that delicious polygonal art!

Not pictured here due to being on other pages, but I also have the Fan Club Porygon (done by Imakuni yet again) as well as the Trade Please! card that he did the art for. Dude is just a legend, please share any cool or funny Imakuni stories or facts of your own!!

To my knowledge, this is the only time we've seen a golden set symbol for any vintage set. There are two other versions of these cards with the standard black and white which are much easier to come by, but these here were the first ever printings for these three 'mons. They were printed in a time where the public didn't even know what they'd evolve into, very much the bleeding edge of Gen 2 hype building. They're remarkably obscure for how unique they are!