| Rare Japanese Pokemon cards can be sold for quite | | | | events and tournaments and so on. |
| a lot of money. The old and very rarest ones will cost | | | | Over the years there have been nearly 30 different |
| you several thousand dollars, but only if you can find | | | | Japanese Pokemon sets released. They started in |
| them. Due to the fact that collecting Japanese | | | | 1996 with the base set. It has one hundred and two |
| Pokemon cards has been popular for over 10 years | | | | cards and is the first complete set ever produced. It |
| now, the number of cards is in the thousands. Getting | | | | contained many of the original Pokemon and also the |
| a hold of some of the common cards is pretty easy | | | | original energy cards. |
| as there are many websites selling cards. But, what | | | | Nobody knows exactly the highest price that a |
| about the rare Pokemon cards. Some of these cards | | | | Pokemon card has sold for, as most of the deals |
| are like buying blocks of gold. | | | | happen behind closed doors. The highest price card |
| There are symbols on most of the cards which | | | | that I can recall is the Japanese Pokemon Pikachu |
| indicate how rare they are. For example on the | | | | Illustrator card. It sold on eBay for a whopping $22,000 |
| majority there is a small black symbol of a star, | | | | several years ago. |
| diamond or circle. The star is the rarest and the circle | | | | The price of the card really depends a lot on the |
| is the most common. In the older Japanese sets there | | | | condition of the card. The better the condition, the |
| are also cards with the same symbols but colored | | | | more money it will bring in. If you get your cards |
| white and these are even harder to find due to their | | | | professionally graded, that will push the value up even |
| age. Three start denote an ultra rare card that is | | | | more, although it is rather expensive to have a card |
| usually randomly inserted into booster packs. There | | | | graded. Other factors are how many cards were |
| are also promotional cards, or promo cards as they | | | | produced, what type of card it is (tournament, promo |
| are often called. These cards are not sold in stores | | | | card, etc.) and of course the most important thing is |
| and were released for special occasions such as the | | | | how much someone is actually willing to buy it for. |
| release of the movie, in magazines, given out at | | | | |