CCGs Spiegel admitted that despite the companys recent acquisition and plans for growth, customers should still expect to experience a wait for their cards to be graded: The industry has never faced a situation like this [...] this is really off the charts in terms of demand [...] unfortunately, theres going to be a period of slower turnaround times. Several extremely rare Pokmon cards and booster packs have been auctioned off over the last year, including multiple gem mint holographic Charizards - with the most recent going at a final bid of $135,300,00 (98,000) - a 1999 Pokmon Unlimited Base Set Booster Box that was valued between $20,000 (14,000) and $25,000 (17,00) and a Shadowless version of the 1999 Charizard being purchased by the rapper Logic for 169,000 ($233,000)
I think an important part of that is always having a lot of different people asking what they think, Nagashima says
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