The “cheap card” that suddenly isn't cheap
I think one of the weirdest things about collecting Pokémon cards is how different cheap and worthless actually are.
I had a bunch of cards sitting in a binder that I basically never thought about because none of them were obvious chase cards.
Then I started checking actual recent sales instead of just assuming what they were worth.
A few cards that I would've happily traded away for a couple bucks were actually selling for way more than I expected. JKindex actually made this kind of checking a lot easier for me because I could quickly get a better idea of where some of these cards were sitting.
And honestly, the interesting part wasn't even the price.
It was why they were worth more.
Some had low print numbers, some were from sets people stopped opening, some had artwork collectors really liked, and a couple were just weird promos that I completely forgot existed.
It made me wonder how many cards people consider bulk just because they're not popular right now.
Do you guys actually check the value of your older binder cards every now and then, or do you mostly pay attention to cards you already know are valuable?