TYLΞR

You need to adopt a dynasty mindset. And you need to do it now. If you are a Pokemon cards collector, you need to understand something really important. In the future, people will be fighting over having a PSA 2 (or other low grades) of the key vintage Pokemon cards. Not fighting over getting a PSA 10, I’m talking even low grades. Owning any of these cards, in any grade, will be practically unobtainable for most collectors within 20 years or less. Do you understand what that means now? Stop trying to time the market with buying the essential vintage cards, like a 1996 No Rarity Symbol Charizard or Pikachu, or the 1996 CoroCoro Pikachu Ivy Glossy and Jigglypuff Glossy. Stop trying to get a PSA 9 when there is a PSA 3 listed for a reasonable amount and you cannot probably afford the PSA 9. Your future self will thank you. Do you understand that in the future a PSA 9 or 10 of these cards will have fractionalized ownership because they will be so rare and valuable, where hundreds or thousands of people will own small percentages of that card and that such ownership will be normalized? Wouldn’t you want to own one of those vintage grails by yourself? Dynasty mindset, now.