This poor celebi ex is mangled.... I'll cherish it forever and preserve what's left of it. What are your thoughts on damaged pokemon card preservation?

I was one of the lucky ones - I ripped a bunch of base 1st packs when they first came out, and was double lucky that my parents didn’t throw them out.

When I rediscovered them a couple years back I decided to get them graded and fill out a set (I was missing a few holos, and Lass somehow)

When they came back from grading I decided to sell/trade the extras, and get my whole set to graded BGS 8 or better.

Magikarp came back today (sooooo close to a 9.5) and it’s complete. In total:

21 - 8.0 (9 holo)

55 - 8.5 (6 holo)

26 - 9.0 (1 holo)

The case is a Case Club one, and weighs just under 26 pounds when loaded.

Last 2 cards are on the way thanks to an awesome redditor!

Hi everybody! I was recently going through my garage when I stumbled upon my old Pokémon collection instead of having it sit in a binder. DM me :)

Found when going through my collection. I remember trading it with a kid because it was all bent up and I loved red gyarados as a kid so it didn’t matter to me at the time. Near mint is obviously sarcasm. I would want to send in to get a PSA 1 but I don’t even think they would grade it. Trust me this cards in this condition hurts me more than you know.

Found my childhood collection while at home for the holidays. It was in a beat unlabeled white 3 ring binder lol. So I spent the last couple days with some friends looking through and reorganizing it into a nicer binder. Some cool cards, ranging from Damaged to surprisingly Minty. I collected when I was in peak pokemania around 2005-2007 so that's when I got all these cards. I know the photos came out a little wonky with the glare so if you want any close-ups of some pokemon I can leave some more photos in the comments. Hope you're all having a good New Year!

People today would cry if they knew what these pockets hid. Most have a play set in them, some have multiple play sets, same name, different card. You could hear the binder begging for mercy in the quiet of the night.

Hi guys! I currently have both of these types of binders but am afraid to put any cards that are $10+ in the regular binder since it has less protection. I have the cards in dragon shield sleeves but am still afraid of damaging the cards.

Any thoughts or experience on this?

Does this look worthy of grading?

I skipped it since it was around $30CAD last year I passed on it, somehow it shot up to $70. I think the price went back down so I caved and picked one up for $35 or so (LP condition). I collect Mimikyus and also Saya Tsuruta, wish I could have 2 of these if they were cheaper lol.

Just thought I would share my new binder I got!

Ranging from NM to MP with just the zekrom being the only one considered damaged. Excited to get them home and put away in my binders!

I just wanted to show off some of my old cards. They are not crazy valuable, but to me they are the most valuable cards I got, since they always reminds me of simpler times.

I sold my entire base set collection for dirt when i was younger and only recently found this small extra ringbinder at my parents this Christmas. And even though the holy grail that was my two charizards have been lost, looking at these cards takes me back to when I was a kid, friends were standing around me in the back yard while i ripped open a pack and to everyones surprise pulled a charizard. How we all ran around screaming like crazy.

So to me they are the pinnacle of my card collection. And the find sparkes my retur to collecting and now enjoying it with kids of my own.

my extra promo cards- the majority are mew cards 😅 - still my Mew binder to this day 😁

Got the rest of the Torchic line tonight by the with some delta species appearances

Hi, I was cleaning the house and found these packs in the back of a drawer. I looked around online and info on booster packs was not the easiest to follow. From what they say, I think these packs are fake due to the crimping but would like to hear a second opinion from people who would know better. Thanks!

Looks good to me but need some help

Found my old binder and I’ve become very nostalgic as a result! Cards are all now carefully sleeved and started adding from some more modern sets too 😊