Fang said Pokmon cards behave less like traditional financial assets and more like art, deriving value not from cash flow, or the ability to generate income, but from scarcity, cultural appeal and organic demand. A market for collectibles forms when there are groups of people willing to pay a specific price for an item, and its sustained when the demand for that item attracts new buyers
In 2020 on ZenMarket, one of these cards sold for a whopping $233,000 in a PSA 9 condition, making it one of the most expensive Pokemon cards on the block
But with six unique alternate art promo cards illustrated by Disney animators with professional histories that tie them to their cards, these cards are slowly rising in popularity, one card at a time
You'll see price variations because each website gathers its data from different places
But now that they are a part of the metagame, it is necessary to read up on these cards
absolutely," Feuer said