Agree on Pop, pop 1 can often mean only 1 person wants it.

@ogweedlefarmer5841

28 күн бұрын

= low popularity also

Before buying anything I apply the following: Low pop ⬇️ + Low Hype ⬇️ + High pokemon popularity ⬆️ = Potential Long term investment ✅️ Low pop ⬇️ + Low Hype ⬇️ + Low pokemon popularity ⬇️ = Personal collection item ✅️ but not a viable investment ❌️ High pop ⬆️ + High Hype ⬆️ + High pokemon popularity ⬆️ = Throwing your money in the bin ❌️ I learnt this lesson the hard way 😢, so you don't have to 😄

@Milsni

28 күн бұрын

Very true! But I still want the Van Gogh Pikachu hahah

@matteroffact23967

27 күн бұрын

@@Milsni haha I know the feeling! It makes sense on paper....but life would be super boring if we only did things that make sense financially 😅

Tip number 5: Never touch your cards when you wanna make photo's off them. I ruined my Charizard Sir from 151 mew set😂 Well not ruined but, there's a bit of white because of how i got it out the sleeve.

@hans4266

28 күн бұрын

no way 😂😂

@phillips.collectibles

28 күн бұрын

Oh no, how did that happen?!

@elite_ultra-98

28 күн бұрын

That’s why I’m really careful getting cards out of a pack then penny sleeve it then toploader it then put in toploader binder

@newjones1754

28 күн бұрын

@@phillips.collectibles I wanted to get my Charizard out of the Toploader and then sleeve to make a picture. My nails probally touched the top and now it has a little bit of whitening. Nothing major but that is probally gonna hurt the value. My 151 set is in a toploader binder and i should probally never ever touch it again haha.

Love the points you made here! These are definitely great things to bring up from experience as a lot of collectors/investors might not have gotten to have such experiences happen for them yet. Way to share the wealth good sir 👍 keep up the great content and hope the fam is well!

@phillips.collectibles

27 күн бұрын

Appreciate that GigaChadow!

I found the part where you talked about the pop rates be quite informative and helpful.

@phillips.collectibles

28 күн бұрын

Awesome to hear! Demand is what matters.

Thank you for your insight and all your personal experiences. This is very helpful and helps to have a good perspective on the whole hobby

@phillips.collectibles

28 күн бұрын

No worries - Great to see it was helpful!

Near mint well preserved master sets are the future. Evo skies master set is damn near the most expensive evo skies related item you can buy other then black label 10, even a case or boxes isn’t as much

Pop only creates fomo if you want a card that is low pop.

Man too many people holding on to sealed product. The value will demonish. When it comes time for the sale of it, everything will definitely be about the condition of the box.

Hey Great Video. Not sure if you are familiar with the PSA registry list is pretty much one of the only cases where pop matters and those cards are out of hand for most folks

@phillips.collectibles

13 күн бұрын

I’ll look into this! Could you elaborate more on this I’m very intrigued

@drewsmalley769

12 күн бұрын

@@phillips.collectibles its a 3rd party grading thing. so like if you get a recognized set in the best condition. say you have a master set of Team Rocket in PSA 10 then PSA will recognize you on the top of the list. Its big with coins and sports cards.

Great tips, definitely things to keep in mind for all Pokemon investors

Hi Phillip i have one question. How can i know the demand of a card? is there any website where i can check this or is there any way to know it?

Thanks!

Such great advice. I’ve been toying with the idea of investing in graded singles for a while and your video has given me the focused information I needed. Keep up the great work.

@phillips.collectibles

24 күн бұрын

Happy to help! Thanks for tuning in Rob.

Low pop reports were desirable back in the day when hardly anyone graded cards, now everyone is grading it seems the higher pop report the more in demand the card is which corilates with the higher prices

@phillips.collectibles

28 күн бұрын

For sure. A lot has changed!

@hieinh

28 күн бұрын

And the problem is PSA updates so slow. It's not instant like CGC comics with updates weekly

@mycraft

27 күн бұрын

I bought a 1998 Mewtwo cd promo Ken Sugimori Illustration Low Pop card and now Mewtwo is one of the most graded pokemon in tcg history. The popularity of the pokemon should carry over to the low pop cards too right? Or do we consider the value of a card on a case by case basis?

@hieinh

27 күн бұрын

@@mycraft Of course. It’s just the sentiment in general of collectors thinking rare and obscure equals high value.

In the long term pop report will for sure matter

Low pop is not the be all and end all for sure. I like to satisfy a few criteria along with low pop to invest in a card, I actually only collect Japanese promotional Pikachus as an example . I agree really early days I too fell for the “hot take” cards but they were cards I was also happy to have in my collection so i didn’t get burnt too badly 😂 Keep up the great work mate

I've learned from lack of confidence. I'm not a big spender, but saw an ES box for 600. Didn't grab it because at the time that was standard price. Two months later, boom. Now I don't take the chance. Recently bought a CZ PokeCentre etb for 200 and ST box for 200. Waiting for the rest of the SwSh boom

I am looking for a great app to keep track of my collection any suggestions.. appreciate for the help

Great Advice as always! Just a question though. I know in the past Pokemon has reprinted to demand of sets with the older sets. Is there any chance with the new S and V sets that they just print ONCE to demand and never reprint again? I know history shows they will reprint but what if this new age of Pokemon they decide not to reprint?

@phillips.collectibles

28 күн бұрын

I doubt it. I think it’s in Pokémon’s best interest to ensure everyone has access to product!

I have the blaziken vamp alt art. Do you recommend I sell it or I wait for a long time to see if the card continues to grow in value. Do you expect the card to decline over time or continue to rise?

@matteroffact23967

25 күн бұрын

I would sell it. The record high prices are 100% due to hype, and nothing to do with rareity, the pops on these cards are insanely high. Once the hype dies down (and it will) the prices will come crashing down.

Nive video brother! I want so much to speak about promo collectors. I collect all the black Star promo cards from all the sets.❤😊😊

@phillips.collectibles

28 күн бұрын

That’s awesome. Have you got Mega Camerupt?

@Tsiotas_collection

28 күн бұрын

@@phillips.collectibles unfortunately no ...i have only 50 cards promos until now. Mega camerupt no..😒🫶

@Tsiotas_collection

28 күн бұрын

I have 50 promo until now...but this awesome camerupt no...😒🙏🫶

I need to read that book. I have a bachelors degree in life sciences, and a masters degree in clinical research management. I have been in the field of clinical research for the last 6 years, and yet you talk about things that I have no knowledge in. I love it. I love the content. No one is taking this approach. Your content is unique and I’m sure many will agree.

Great explanation on population, that’s just the ones submitted. 😂

@phillips.collectibles

28 күн бұрын

Exactly! How else do we own them haha

Someone should write that book lol

@phillips.collectibles

28 күн бұрын

One day!

Lol that gym comparison was terrible. Nothing burns fat like cardio not squats.😂😂

@phillips.collectibles

7 күн бұрын

I lost 30kg by following that principle. You can see me speak about it on my videos.

@DaveL2414

7 күн бұрын

@@phillips.collectibles yes but you'll have also been in a calorie deficit. Love the channel by the way.

@phillips.collectibles

7 күн бұрын

@@DaveL2414 appreciate it Dave!

That's the 1st time I hear about pop reports. Seems like another example for 'all I know is that I know nothing'... :/ And maybe I'm dumb, but I can't properly 'read' the pop reports over at PSA. Maybe you could do a video about that?

What is retail price? Do you mean retail price of pokemon center? Im living in germany 🤔

LO Giratina aa worth to i invest?

@phillips.collectibles

28 күн бұрын

Great card! Iconic from sword & shield

Have you seen SUN & MOON? Those cards are on the rise

2 cards i believe strongly will do well is the deerling and sawsbuck art rare but i really think obsidian flames is a sleeper set

@phillips.collectibles

28 күн бұрын

Love that combo!

First comment here!

pop above all else. your heracross and umbreon are both being used as terrible examples. your heracross SHOULD cost 250 right now. where that umbreon should maybe cost 150, even in a high demand market. the justification is that if i wanted one of these cards. the loopholes i would have to jump through to obtain one, one would be harder than the other. so i might have to spend 10k on furious fists booster boxes to open packs to obtain maybe 1 heracross card. then to get it graded and it actually come back as a 10 is no guarentee. so knowing this, if i really wanted the card, i would pay the piper the 250 and consider it a win. on the otherhand. where there is over 12k PSA 10 cards of umbreon. and possibly another 20-40k potiental psa 10 active pop sitting in binders in peoples closets across america. tens of thousands of sealed evolving skies booster boxes. the only loophole i would have to jump through is time. terrible examples. and you should know better the value of your cards. the market may say its not valueable. but there not selling. you would sell your actually valuable cards then when the market changes its mind, you will shoot yourself in the foot and delete this video in remorse. i dont believe you.

all these prices are stupid in my opinion and I have the leafeon Vmax alt art. no way should it be worth 500$ CAD with over 7,000 PSA graded copies lol....not rare. Moonbreon has almost 15,000 copies graded, not that rare. I just bought a Flareon Holo from skyridge for 160$ CAD for my collection and there is only 611 graded copies in the world...thats rare

Sorry but you are very misleading here. You can’t say pop means jack when it is literally the most important factor. Of course it isn’t enough by itself, *neither is demand,* or art, or anything else. It is literally called, supply and demand, and Pop being the supply, it automatically makes it just as important as demand by default. But Pop aka supply is actually even more important, because it directly determines when the demand becomes relevant. If you have a pop 1000 card, it only requires let’s say 2000 people wanting that card for it to raise in value. When you have a 10k pop card, it requires closer to 13k+ people wanting it for it to start moving up in value more than just a little. That is a huge difference, and that is where the *size of the hobby* comes into play. Pokemon collecting/investing hobby and people willing to use real money for pokemon cards is still in its diapers, especially compared to Sports cards etc. It was only 1-2 years ago when people were literally laughing at pop 1-2k cards about how high the pop is for those cards. The hobby has grown since then for sure, but not anywhere close to the point where 14k pop could be considered low for the demand, outside of temporary hype/fomo boosts. This is solely the reason why Moonbreon will dip in price, because the pop aka supply is *way too high for the demand* in the long run, because the hobby simply isn’t big enough at this point. As for your example, you cant take a random shit card and compare it directly to a card that is experiencing fomo boost as we speak. Much better example would be Moonbreon vs Moonbreon; if the price of Moonbreon is 1.2k at 14k pop, what would it price be if the Pop was only 1.4k, 10x less. The card, during this fomo period would be at least 5k, because everything that is at play currently is the same, but there is 10x less supply. So yes, Pop alone isn’t enough, but it very much is the most important factor in the grand scheme of things. You cannot predict the demand of a card, but you can see the Pop report. That is the literal only actual data point you have, in this already very dataless and baselsess investing market. Please people, use it.

if people dont care about acutal rarity then go ahead and pay 1200$ for a card that was over printed and over submitted to PSA loll.... I like rare cards not FOMO, bandwagon hype.

@AaronZ82

12 күн бұрын

Is there data anywhere on the print runs of raw cards? I know we have graded pop reports.