• Denjin@feddit.uk
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    1 day ago

    Apparently, not a lot unless they’re both very rare and you’ve also paid some 3rd party grading service to grade it for you (who are the ones making the real money of collectible cards).

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        that doesnt make sense. they grade the cards theyre not selling the unopened packs. its like saying the guys during a gold rush who determine what karat gold you found are selling shovels in a gold rush. theyre not

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          Nah, it still fits. Shovel vendors get a bit of cash from everyone in the rush, and graders get a bit from each person investing in the hobby.

          I would put gold rush purity testers in a similar bracket, though

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            20 hours ago

            it doesnt fit and the shovel vendors weren’t the richest in the gold rush