Base Set Collectibles

He started his own business

My thoughts:

I love to see young entrepreneurs. Angel had a pretty advanced knowledge of sales techniques and a wonderful confidence. Someone in his family must be in sales. Appreciate doing business with you my man. Your deck box found a new home almost immediately.

It was their first card show!

My thoughts:

I love cool art and they had the coolest crocheted shiny ditto! My oldest son recently got a crocheted mew so it was only fair that I get my youngest son a crocheted ditto and who better to get it from than these first-time attendees! Thank you for the ditto, enjoy your lumiose city mini tin!

I'm quick to buy and slow to sell.

My thoughts:

I'm much easier to sell to than I am to buy from. I'll sell to the extent that it lets me buy more but even then I'd prefer to just keep things forever. Thank you for an easy deal, Alex, I appreciate you very much. Enjoy the poncho and the matching guard. See you at the next one!

It's all in the family.

My thoughts:

Thank you for supporting my son and thank you for selling me some grails! Nick from is effectively my brother in law and I'm grateful to have such a cool brother in law. My son is a good little salesman I hope he learns a lot at these shows. My mom is a very supportive table buddy. I'm overwhelmed with gratitude and hope to have many more deals like this one. Thanks for selling me the bubble mew, the lugia v, and the Chinese psyduck and pikachu , Nick!

Delta species so hot right now.

The pain of a loss is 10x the joy of a gain.

My thoughts:

First of all, thanks for the Charizard, Ken. We tend to remember our losses more than our wins. A couple years ago I sold black label stamp promos. Haven't thought about it whatsoever since then but now that black labels are so expensive it suddenly hurts a lot. Reflect on your wins and learn from your mistakes and you'll be alright.

I bought the ugliest Charizard.

My thoughts:

This is a rare circumstance where I took a card I don't like mostly because I know it will eventually sell or trade well. Yeah it's ugly but it's also Mitsuhiro Arita art and a super hard card to find. This is the only copy I've seen in person graded or otherwise. The OG moonbreon will probably be gone at my next show. Thanks for the deal, Victor, enjoy your Gold Star Mew!

Pending zelle transfer becomes a successful deal.

My thoughts:

A pending zelle transfer can torpedo a deal under the best of circumstances. Thankfully Kelly, Stephen, and I have a good relationship and have done many deals to the point where we trust each other with thousands of dollars worth of each other's cards and cash on a verbal agreement alone. This level of trust takes time to build and requires a good reputation. I'm grateful to Kelly for her trust and her PSA 10 Giratina V Alt Art.

She was speechless

My thoughts:

I love seeing people be happy whether that's because they got a good deal on a sale or a purchase or a gift it makes no difference to me. Seeing other people be happy makes me happy, especially when they pay it forward and try to spread their joy to someone else. In this case it was a mother and son and he got his first graded pokemon card for free at . A gold star greninja promo.

Lillie or bust!