Fantastic video Rattle and great writeup here as well.
My only remark would be in response to this statement:
I don't think it can be said that they're not known for Pokémon authentication. Whilst this statement may be true for unopened cases, Baseball Card Exchange has been grading booster...
The Katy Perry card is yet another missed opportunity to include a new Pichu cameo in the TCG.
I'm a bit disappointed, but I don't really like the design of these (they look like the crappy "I'll make you and your pet into a Pokémon card!" adverts I keep getting on Facebook).
@bbb888 yes that's Shoko Nakagawa who along with being Pichu's voice actress in the Japanese Arceus movie was also the person who gave Gizamimi Pichu its name - despite being translated to English as "Spiky-eared Pichu", "Giza" is a made-up word she used on a blog she used to run which means...
Hey everyone. My name is James and I go by either PichuFan or PichuCollector on most online Pokémon communities. I believe I have the worlds largest and most complete high-grade Pichu collection, which I've been working on since 2010.
As a kid I stopped playing with Pokémon cards around the...
Yes. Swirls are exclusive to the cosmos holofoil pattern which is what this card uses.
Swirls form part of a symmetrical rectangular cosmos pattern which is usually tilted slightly and repeated in like a grid across each sheet of cards - a single cosmos holofoil card will always have between 2...
I'm trying to track down the Pokémon Shiny Concert 2001 telephone card:
My offer is $1,000 if unused or $250 if used. I'll cover any fees, shipping and insurance costs.
The title is a bit sensationalist. Production hasn't "increased over twofold during the pandemic". Production has gone from 1.5 billion in 2018 to 3.2 billion in 2019 to 3.7 billion in 2020 - that's a 0.5 billion or 15% increase during the pandemic.
I'd say that the main cause for the doubling...