Item #6: Original Holographic Charizard Pokemon Card

Today's item comes off of my very impressive Pokemon shelf. This is the original holographic Charizard Pokemon card! This was one of the cards part of the very first series of Pokemon cards released in 1998. Coming out just a few months after the blockbuster releases, Pokemon Red and Blue for the Game Boy, pretty much every kid in America (including myself) was caught up in the craze that was Pokemon cards. Almost every one of those kids wanted this card here. Charizard was (and very possible still is) the coolest Pokemon of them all and also incidentally one of the rarest cards in the original set. If you opened a pack to find a holographic Charizard, you were pretty special.

I myself don't even know the joys of finding a Charizard in a pack of cards. This card here is actually one of the longest owned items I've got. I, or rather my dad, bought it at a card store when I was much younger. I can't recall how much he paid for it but it wasn't cheap! Luckily, my dad knowing what a destructive child I was, also purchased a screw-case that day and put the card inside it when we got home. The card has never been removed from this case since the day it was put in there and as such, its in quite perfect condition.

Pricing is difficult for this one. If you are wanting this card in the condition I own it in, not only will it be a little hard to find but you'll probably be shelling out around 25-35 dollars. in worse, more played with condition, you could probably snag one for about 15-20 dollars. Now if you really wanted to go above and beyond and get one even better than what I have, then you'll be wanting a 1st edition holographic Charizard. in perfect condition, this very rare card could run you anywhere from 120-250 dollars. This is one of the most expensive Pokemon cards around.