Gengar Master Ball leads at 74,800 (~$510), Charizard ex SAR follows at 57,800 (~$395), and the sets approaching out-of-print status is pushing both sealed box and single card prices higher
Liquidity can be limited for the most expensive copies: it sometimes takes several months to find a buyer at the desired price
This alone is enough to make Pokmon trading cards in this line stand out to collectors, but not all cards are made equal and some are already fetching hundreds of pounds because of their rarity
And to clarify, the instances of Happy Meal food items being left behind arent referring to someone who didnt finish each and every one of their French fries, but to r esellers placing to-go orders for a half-dozen or more Happy Meals, extracting the cards and toys, and then just leaving the bags of untouched food sitting on counters or tables inside of McDonalds restaurants or dumping them on the sidewalk outside
Popular trading games like Magic: The Gathering (MTG) or Pokmon TCG will often see many proxy cards
Here is the complete price guide for Morpeko ex SAR (NM/PSA 10) in JPY, including buy-list values and market fluctuations