To explain these ridiculous Pokemon/Yugioh prices, basically you have collectors who want them. When a card is graded a PSA 10 (the means its perfect) collectors will want it, but the numbers are finite.
If theres millions of collectors around the world, but theres only like 10-20 copies of a PSA 10 card, then the demand will skyrocket.

That. Basically that.
Oh and the important factor here is having the cards graded. I always see “OH I HAVE A LARGE BINDER OF A TON OF THESE”

Nah, most likely if you grade old cards from a binder, they’ll come back as like psa 5-6-7, etc. You can open a pack fresh card, but it can still grade an 8 max
AND THE LOWER THE POPULATION ON A PSA 10 CARD, THE MORE RIDICULOUS THE POTENTIAL. Thats why Neo Genesis cards are insane and someone bought a Typhlosion-17 for like $15k a few weeks back. That card only has like 8 PSA 10s period.
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