All three cards in the recent auction were graded near-mint or mint 8, which the PSA defines as a super high-end card that appears PSA 9 at first glance, but upon closer inspection, the card can exhibit the following: a very slight wax stain on reverse, slightest fraying at one or two corners, a minor printing imperfection, and/or slightly off-white borders. Goldin also notes that the bronze Trophy Pikachu can be the most sought-after member of the trio due to illustrator Mitsuhiro Aritas depiction of the Pokmon mascot as a chubby and slightly squished friend
Every card in the set is classified as "Rare Holo" except for numbers 24 and 25 from the base set Professor's Research and Mew
Japanese Pokmon cards are subject to all these values - but because they are produced and sold in a different kind of market, Japanese Pokmon cards do not match the worth of English Pokmon cards
As we already knew, Tyrunt's Illustration Rare has been cut in favor of the set's Elite Trainer Box
Because I had it personally monogrammed with my partners initials on the other side, Im stuck with it
Big Score cards are thematically tied to a giant vault on Thunder Junction and have an emphasis on artifacts
