This set is one of few to this day to include energy cards for Fighting, Fire, Grass, Lightning, Psychic and Water and it also introduced our first special energy card the double colorless.
This set is to date the only one not represented by a symbol. The Base set contained a well rounded mix of Pokemon, all from the original 150 and bears no bias to any particular type(s). The set contained 102 cards in both the Japanese and English versions and although it was released in Japan on October 20th, 1996 it didn't see it's English version released across the west until years later when it finally landed on January 9th, 1999 in the U.S.Įven when the Base Set was first introduced a lot of U.S retailers were skeptical about it and as such it wasn't properly stocked until a couple of months later in March/April 99. The Base Set was the very first release of Pokemon cards and theme decks for the Pokemon Trading Card Game. Japanese Variations / Set List / Other Cards / Images & Videos The auction featured 16 lots of Pokémon collectibles, collectively accounting for more than $1.3 million in sales.Quick menu: Overview / Print Versions / English version vs. “It is considered the pinnacle of Pokémon box collecting.” “Due to their low print run, these box sets have become extremely scarce, especially those still in the original sealed state,” wrote Heritage.
The record-setting auction lot is a sealed box of first edition cards featuring 36 booster packs of 11 cards each, or 396 cards total, all of which are in “gem mint” condition (the highest classification), according to the auction house. Released in 1999 by game publisher Wizards of the Coast, the original run of US Pokémon cards featured 102 cards, including the coveted Charizard, the powerful dragon-like final form of the fire Pokémon Charmander. An unopened first edition set of Pokémon cards just fetched a world record $408,000 at the “ Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction” sale at Heritage Auctions in Dallas. Did your mother make you throw out your old Pokémon cards? Now you have an opportunity to show her that they really could have been worth a lot of money one day.
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