Sep 28, 2026 · 1 hr 52 min · 14 segments
In this episode, we explore the explosive growth of the Pokemon market, the impact of ultra-wealthy collectors, and the future of vintage cards. We discuss recent record-breaking sales, market…
Anyways, so Zach, we're at endgame.
We are at endgame for the vintage Pokemon market.
We've been saying this for over a decade.
SM Pratt has been saying it for over a decade.
I have reiterated it multiple times since we started this podcast, but eventually...
the super wealthy are just going to come up and buy everything.
Just buy everything that's vintage, cool, low pop, what have you.
They'll pay an exorbitant amount of money and we just have to chew on new comps and we're just going to have to adjust to how things are going out right now.
Overall thoughts, I still think I got to be consistent it's it's way too much way too fast too much too fast that's there's always anytime things go straight up way too fast there's inevitably a retrace downwards and i say this when i am financially like this this this applies to me uh but i will say it's too much too fast
I say, look up Catch the Apple, baby.
You know it's coming.
Just catch it.
Know it's coming.
And we talk in-game.
I mean, it's literally, like, surreal to see the numbers we're seeing.
Like, it's hard to fathom that some of these cards are going for what they're going for.
Like, not to spoil one already, but T17 apparently privately going for $1.6 million.
Like, like it's literally, it's just one card of 550 plus Watsi cards and first set and unlimited.
Like it just, it blows my mind that like we're reaching these levels.
And the thing is, Like if you take perspective of the Pokemon market, it is still so small in terms of market cap compared to like art or like real estate or like all these other like desirable or alternative assets or even crypto.
Like you have coins that are billions and billions of dollars.
Like it just, Pokemon's so small that these big guys can come in, like you said, buy up everything.
And like, it doesn't even, it doesn't even drop in the bucket for them.
They don't even know they have
Anyways, so Zach, we're at endgame.
We are at endgame for the vintage Pokemon market.
We've been saying this for over a decade.
SM Pratt has been saying it for over a decade.
I have reiterated it multiple times since we started this podcast, but eventually...
the super wealthy are just going to come up and buy everything.
Just buy everything that's vintage, cool, low pop, what have you.
They'll pay an exorbitant amount of money and we just have to chew on new comps and we're just going to have to adjust to how things are going out right now.
Overall thoughts, I still think I got to be consistent it's it's way too much way too fast too much too fast that's there's always anytime things go straight up way too fast there's inevitably a retrace downwards and i say this when i am financially like this this this applies to me uh but i will say it's too much too fast
I say, look up Catch the Apple, baby.
You know it's coming.
Just catch it.
Know it's coming.
And we talk in-game.
I mean, it's literally, like, surreal to see the numbers we're seeing.
Like, it's hard to fathom that some of these cards are going for what they're going for.
Like, not to spoil one already, but T17 apparently privately going for $1.6 million.
Like, like it's literally, it's just one card of 550 plus Watsi cards and first set and unlimited.
Like it just, it blows my mind that like we're reaching these levels.
And the thing is, Like if you take perspective of the Pokemon market, it is still so small in terms of market cap compared to like art or like real estate or like all these other like desirable or alternative assets or even crypto.
Like you have coins that are billions and billions of dollars.
Like it just, Pokemon's so small that these big guys can come in, like you said, buy up everything.
And like, it doesn't even, it doesn't even drop in the bucket for them.
They don't even know they have
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