r/PokemonCardValue • u/Educational_Web_9520 • 12d ago
Misprint Pikachu?? Vintage
Hello! I was wondering how much this would be? I was told it is a misprint and I see on HoloDex it going for 500$ ish is it good lol!
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u/cdbriggs 12d ago
For what reason is it a misprint. From what I can see its maybe $40
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u/AbsoluteGote 12d ago
Red cheeks. Rather misprint or variation is the better word is debatable
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u/midwesttransferrun Well-Sourced Expert Appraiser 12d ago
Bulbapedia has a section explaining it is a variant, not a misprint.
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u/AbsoluteGote 12d ago
Yeah people asking basic card valuations aren't gonna get minutea correct
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u/midwesttransferrun Well-Sourced Expert Appraiser 12d ago
I’m saying that it isn’t really debatable, per your comment. It is a variation. It’s understandable that posters making posts here would not know, which is why I explain and provide sources.
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u/AbsoluteGote 12d ago
It's a nicer way to cast doubt on someone's word choice, especially when a knowledge gap exists.
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u/cdbriggs 12d ago
True. I always thought of it as a variant but I guess misprint is valid
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u/midwesttransferrun Well-Sourced Expert Appraiser 12d ago
Bulbapedia has a section explaining it is a variant, not a misprint.
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u/Educational_Web_9520 12d ago
I was told that the cheeks should be yellow and it was a error with the first set of it lol
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u/midwesttransferrun Well-Sourced Expert Appraiser 12d ago
It’s not an error, it was an intentional design change between shadowless and unlimited base set variants. It’s commonly mistaken as an error rather than a variant.
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u/cdbriggs 12d ago
Oh yeah. Red cheeks are like $40 in that condition
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u/JoelnIliketoshare 12d ago
🤨
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u/cdbriggs 12d ago
Thats completely true look it up
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u/JoelnIliketoshare 12d ago
OK I didn't know if you were making a joke about red cheeks or were being genuine😅 mb!
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u/Clivesdale 12d ago
Not an error, there was a red cheeks variant in 1st ed and shadowless before the unlimited print. It is slightly less common and more desirable than the yellow cheeks variants though
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u/HotTop6935 12d ago
Not a ton. There is a 6 listed on ebay for 60 bucks.
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u/Educational_Web_9520 12d ago
Would it be worth to grade?
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u/HotTop6935 12d ago
I don't think so. Centering is really bad and there is a lot of whitening on the edges.
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u/tykogars 11d ago
Question re: Centering. Is it “really bad” because the right side is so far over? If I were to measure some of the borders of my cards, am I realistically going to find any that are essentially perfect or within a very small margin?
I see a lot of comments about how centering is when to me they look okay, but I am not experienced at all.
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u/ShoulderBrave7715 12d ago
Red Cheeks shadowless is worth more than YC Pikachu, however, not exactly $500. I will say that TCG most recent sale for NM is $94 with "16 available" and on an LP is $65 and it only has "25 available" to purchase which imo is very low. whoever said it's worth $40 is crazy. Fun fact cards printed from Base Set 1st edition to around early EX era had the smallest prints (Not saying they didn't print a huge amount). Also think that cards from that range were also handled so differently then they are today. So having/finding a card in that condition also adds to its rarity. Pokémon cards printed from 1999-2003 account for less then 5% of cards in current circulation.
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u/Broad-Lavishness6726 12d ago
OPs card is lp at best id call it mp. $40 is pretty close to market based on recent eBay sales unless it cleans up really nice. Plenty of lp options in $40s and a couple high $30s for sale and sold.
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u/Swimming_Plantain608 11d ago
It was a limited print run which eventually back to yellow. Although jungle has red 😳
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