Card Questions

[fire gerbil]

Ive been going through my Pokemon cards for the first time in a while and i ran across a few cards that I am having a hard time figuring out what they are really. I got about 10 different types and they all have Sample written in the bottom right corner on front and they have a different back then the rest of my english cards. I was wondering If anyone knows what these are because I don't.


Thanks Very Much,
Patrick

 

[donavannj]

Take pictures and upload them as attachments to your next post in this thread.

 

[fire gerbil]

Cameras not that good I know sorry but here is one of em.

 

[lloebet]

ahhh first off the thing on the left of it is a card scanner from the pokemon card game for GBC so thats pretty much the difference is that it is a scannable card hope this helps.

 

[donavannj]

Hold up, romeo, it's not over and done like that. Normal eReader cards don't have "sample" on them anywhere.

I'd like to see the back. The fonts and energy symbols looks very off to me, and I want to see what the back looks like.

 

[lloebet]

And if you look very hard where the date should be on the card it says example mabie from a league??hmm i dont remmember there being sample pokemon packs very peculier....

 

[donavannj]

Nah he's them for a while.

 

[lloebet]

Ah ok here you go i did some re search.pokemon made some sample e reader before E reader came out to test it so lets say he has some valuble prop on his hands problem solved woot.only 40 printed heres a link https://cgi.ebay.com/Pokemon-Sample...823?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e66078957

 

[donavannj]

You may want to have the PSA (card-grading and valuing company) check the authenticity of one of them before you try selling them. Just in case they're fake copies of the cards romeo thinks they are.

 

[fire gerbil]

Sorry for the slow response had some computer problems

Thank You Very Much for all your help!

I will send them off to this PSA group for grading.

How much does it cost to get a card graded there because I got about 6 sets of 1st edition base set holos that are in Mint condition Ive had sitting here for years and was debating to get them graded as well but depends how much PSA charges per card?

Again MANY THANKS,
Patrick

 

[donavannj]

I do not know, but it is very pricey per card. So I'd only send one card at first, if I were you.

 

[lloebet]

well what i do to check a price for a card would be look at amazon not ebay since thats betting on things.

 

[donavannj]

I'd check eBay because Amazon also has a bidding process for stuff, and the cheapest price it's posted for on either site, especially eBay, is what you can expect for it.

 

[123wert50]

It costs around $7 to have 1 card PSA graded.

 

[donavannj]

It costs around $7 to have 1 card PSA graded.

Not including shipping costs, of course.

 

[mrmakeitabud]

Don't forget the membership too =/ That's over 100 per year. And remember to buy a ton of Card Saver 1s if you're going to grade with PSA.

And if you do have 6 full sets of Base holos, which is 108 card savers, do be careful when putting the card into the card saver. I put about 55 cards into those today, and because the Card savers have rather sharp edges I ended up cutting my fingers several times. It's a painful process.

 

[LAF]

Don't forget the membership too =/ That's over 100 per year. And remember to buy a ton of Card Saver 1s if you're going to grade with PSA.

And if you do have 6 full sets of Base holos, which is 108 card savers, do be careful when putting the card into the card saver. I put about 55 cards into those today, and because the Card savers have rather sharp edges I ended up cutting my fingers several times. It's a painful process.

What is a card saver? I just use sleeves and toploaders, how do you cut yourself?? o_0

 

[mrmakeitabud]

Well I'm not sure if PSA would take cards that came in a toploader, and if they did there is a chance that they can damage it when removing the card.

A card saver 1 is a type of card holder that people use to submit cards to grading. The edges are pretty sharp, so be careful when handling them