Where to sell old Pokémon cards (an honest comparison)
eBay, card shops, buylists, Facebook Marketplace, grading, or a bulk buyer. Which one pays best depends on what you have and how much sorting you'll do.
Selling old Pokémon cards: plain answers
Written for people with a pile and no time to sort it. No hype, no "could be worth thousands". Every number here is one we actually use.
New here? Start with where to sell old Pokémon cards, then how to tell if yours are from 1999 to 2003. If you just want a number, the rate page has an estimator.
Why we pay by the pound (and show the math)
Pricing a pile card by card takes hours and the seller can't check it. Weight, era and a posted floor rate can be checked by anyone with a bathroom scale.
How to tell if your Pokémon cards are from 1999 to 2003
Five things to check on any card to work out whether your pile is original era: border, copyright line, set symbol, 1st Edition stamp and layout.
How much is a shoebox of old Pokémon cards worth?
Weigh it, check the era, and you can get within a range before anyone looks at a single card. The math we use, with real numbers per pound.