On Tuesday, we explored some examples of Pokemon cards that represent great deals in the current market as we move toward the close of 2022. You could also call them underrated. But what about the other side of the coin? How about the items that are actually on the opposite end of the spectrum and may be somewhat overrated in today’s climate? This brings us to the status of English Pokemon booster boxes. More on that in a second.
While I firmly believe that Pokemon is in a fantastic place moving forward, markets are never binary. There are items that flow under the radar, and there are items that are a little too glorified.
Keep in mind, this doesn’t necessarily mean that either of those things will remain static. What is underrated today could be overrated tomorrow, and vice versa.
Still, because we already examined some underrated samples, it’s only fair (and right) to mention something that is overrated, and to me (and to many who have been entrenched in the hobby for years), the most overrated item on the market in late 2022 is the modern English booster box.
Notice that I put a couple of qualifiers in there. The first one is “modern.” The second is “English.”
So while modern Japanese booster boxes typically always constitute a safe purchase and vintage English booster boxes will forever be essentially trophies for serious collectors, modern English boxes should always be approached with trepidation.
There are various reasons for this.
Let’s break…
