old cards, 1st ed vs. unlimited for sets
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The first edition cards are more valuable to collectors because they are rarer than the normal ones. It would be better to try to get a set with all first editions, but if you can't, try to get as many as you can.
Unlimited packs are cheap but you will pay an upwards of $10.00 or more for the same number of cards that have a 1st edition stamp on them. I have a few 1st editions that I got from my friends. Go for 2nd editions if you can. The are the same price as unlimited editions. They have a 2 with a Pokeball right over the 2.
xxashxx said:Unlimited packs are cheap but you will pay an upwards of $10.00 or more for the same number of cards that have a 1st edition stamp on them. I have a few 1st editions that I got from my friends. Go for 2nd editions if you can. The are the same price as unlimited editions. They have a 2 with a Pokeball right over the 2.
That would be Base 2. Base 2 is a reprint set of Base 1 and Jungle (likely done so the selected cards from those sets could be used in tournament play again). Team Rocket cards are not included in the Base 2 printing.
Prof. Shinx said:
I think it's really more of a matter of personal preference. I doubt that one 1st Ed card would either bring a rise or drop in the value of the set. Personally, I'm fond of the consistancy, but it's not tough (nor expensive) to just pick up the extra unlimited card just to be sure.
vilebaseball said:xxashxx said:Unlimited packs are cheap but you will pay an upwards of $10.00 or more for the same number of cards that have a 1st edition stamp on them. I have a few 1st editions that I got from my friends. Go for 2nd editions if you can. The are the same price as unlimited editions. They have a 2 with a Pokeball right over the 2.
That would be Base 2. Base 2 is a reprint set of Base 1 and Jungle (likely done so the selected cards from those sets could be used in tournament play again). Team Rocket cards are not included in the Base 2 printing.
Prof. Shinx said:
I think it's really more of a matter of personal preference. I doubt that one 1st Ed card would either bring a rise or drop in the value of the set. Personally, I'm fond of the consistancy, but it's not tough (nor expensive) to just pick up the extra unlimited card just to be sure.
I have noticed it with all sets. All the 1st edition packs are $10.00 or higher and a 1st edition deck I think is $15.00 or higher. A whole 1st edition set is around $180.00 whereas a unlimited set is $150.00.
xxashxx said:I have noticed it with all sets. All the 1st edition packs are $10.00 or higher and a 1st edition deck I think is $15.00 or higher. A whole 1st edition set is around $180.00 whereas a unlimited set is $150.00.
Check eBay. Other than 1st Ed Base 1 packs, no 1st Ed pack is worth more than $5. There is no such thing as a 1st Ed [theme] deck.
The prices on most older sets (particularly Team Rocket) aren't that high and the price difference between the two sets is proportionally larger. We are talking about a single card, not a whole set.
When it comes to selling the set, he's not going to get $81 rather than $80 for having one 1st Ed card. They aren't that hard to find (I have a small box of at least 500 [mint] 1st Ed Team Rocket cards alone). There was an eBay seller selling 500 for $10 (Buy It Now) recently.
It is singles only? I thought it was for packs and set prices. Sorry I did not realize that it was just a single card thread. I have not seen American prices. When I was in Canada for 8 years all the packs were that high. I did not even think about American prices when I posted last time sorry.
xxashxx said:It is singles only? I thought it was for packs and set prices. Sorry I did not realize that it was just a single card thread. I have not seen American prices. When I was in Canada for 8 years all the packs were that high. I did not even think about American prices when I posted last time sorry.
I don't think there's a 1st Ed Theme Deck anywhere in the world.
On eBay.ca it's pretty much the same thing price wise. He was saying that he had a complete Team Rocket set and ONE of them was 1st Ed, and asking if that was a positive, negative, or neutral thing.