Dark Dragonite Error Sold For $10,000 Yesterday

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pokemon-Dark-Dragonite-1st-Edition-Error-Card-5-82-Near-Mint-Mint-Condition-/281034136181?nma=true&si=wkpbTtEj%252BeVTnkMs6W28J98uh0k%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

The error is that the card is numbered 5/82, so it should be the holographic version, but it's non-holographic. It sold for higher than normal for this error because it was also 1st edition. I've heard estimates that around 5000 of the unlimited version were made. I don't know how many 1st edition ones exist, but apparently very few. This list says it's the 3rd rarest error card ever produced. A pre-release Raichu, the rarest error card, sold for $10,000 a few years ago.
 
Geodudette said:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pokemon-Dark-Dragonite-1st-Edition-Error-Card-5-82-Near-Mint-Mint-Condition-/281034136181?nma=true&si=wkpbTtEj%252BeVTnkMs6W28J98uh0k%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

The error is that the card is numbered 5/82, so it should be the holographic version, but it's non-holographic. It sold for higher than normal for this error because it was also 1st edition. I've heard estimates that around 5000 of the unlimited version were made. I don't know how many 1st edition ones exist, but apparently very few. This list says it's the 3rd rarest error card ever produced. A pre-release Raichu, the rarest error card, sold for $10,000 a few years ago.
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Just to let you know a 1st edition error dragonite was sold $285ish 2 months ago. I would consider the $10,000 purchase as an outlier.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/POKEMON-TCG-ERROR-DARK-DRAGONITE-5-82-NON-HOLO-FIRST-EDITION-/310642350879?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4853ba1b1f

It should be valued around $250-300. Not $10,000
 
How much you wanna bet that this is a case of someone bidding high and never paying up just to keep it off the market? :v
Maybe not, but I can't imagine a serious collector paying that much for it when it's worth so much less.
 
I don't see how that would keep it off the market for more than a week or two before the seller relists it.
 
Geodudette said:
I don't see how that would keep it off the market for more than a week or two before the seller relists it.
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It's a somewhat common occurrence on eBay. I don't understand it either, but it does happen from time to time, especially with rarer items. My best guess is perhaps it's to keep the value of the item up, so the false buyer can sell theirs for a higher price? I dunno!
 
I think what actually happened is that the seller ended the listing and sold it for a different price.

There's no way someone paid $10,000 for that card. I know that the seller had it listed at that price to draw attention and get serious offers. They never expected to sell it at $10,000. They probably got a good offer and took it.
 
Well it doesn't show that there were any bids, but it also doesn't say that a "best offer" was accepted. You might be right, but if they changed the price before ending the auction the updated price should be shown. I guess they could have accepted some other form of payment than PayPal and manually marked the item as "payment received"? I'll message the seller and see if he'll tell me.
 
The item does not show 'sold', therefore it has not been sold. Nor has it been accepted by a 'best offer'. The seller has ended the item, either as they have received an offer through Private Messages to avoid eBay fees and contract it through PayPal directly. Or they do not wish to sell it anyone.

You honestly think someone would buy a common Dragonite error for $10,000?
 
It shows sold here

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Where else can it show it? Ended items look like this:

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What is it with errors on cards in pokemon that people go nuts over.
There will always be errors in cards I wish there was this kind of money for errors in other games as I have fare few error cards but none in pokemon.
 
^True... I don't see the point in collecting cards with errors, specially errors like these which is just the numbering... I mean, they're errors...
 
You collect Pokemon cards but can't see the appeal of collecting extremely rare versions of the card? They're like the shiny Pokemon of the card world, they're unique.
 
^ Well technically errors were never meant to be released. If WOTC had better quality control, they never would have made it into the hands of the public. Error card collecting isn't a common thing in the card collecting world. I think Pokemon is the only TCG that values errors. You have to understand that some people don't value them at all because they're errors, screw ups, never mean to exist.

On the other hand, there are some people that only collect errors.

Being a Pokemon card collector, you need to see that there are many different types of collectors and people put value on different things. :)
 
Geodudette said:
You collect Pokemon cards but can't see the appeal of collecting extremely rare versions of the card? They're like the shiny Pokemon of the card world, they're unique.
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You shouldn't criticizing him for not accepting error cards. Like theducktamer said.. All collectors collect different things. There are some that collects only Japanese cards, there are some that collects only English cards, there are some that only collect trophy cards. What we choose to collects make each collector different.
 
that is true we all collect something different.
There will always be error no matter how good of a quality control they have and there will always be a certain number of errors as they would get printed in sheet runs.
 
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