Each card below combines rarity, cultural impact, and long-term value, making them essential pieces in serious collections
Since this piece was going to be in the middle of a very tight area (where the arms and dress overlap), it needed to take up little room, so I shaved off a lot of the back
The best catalogs display the current sales price, letting you estimate how much money you can make by selling the full collection
All cards are graded by ARS, a well known Japanese grading company, and come sealed in a sturdy case with the official ARS label so you know theyre the real deal
Maybe it's childhood nostalgia, looking back to a time when a pack of Jungle that could contain this Mankey card by Kagemaru Himeno would cost just a few bucks rather than hundreds of dollars
This is because once a card has been graded, its level of quality has been made official