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Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky Pokémon card buyer. Send photos, get a written range with comps, then choose local meetup, drop-off, or insured mail-in. Same flow if you ship from outside the region — binders, childhood piles, slabs, and sealed product all start the same way.
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Found this in my closet — worth anything?
That page has a few strong hits — Giratina LV.X and Mewtwo LV.X are carrying most of the value. $420–$540 written range for the binder, comps in the same reply.
Local meetup in Cincinnati & NKY or insured mail-in — your call.
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Local sellers
Sound like your situation?
Tap the closest match — your quote opens with that context prefilled; edit anything.
I found my old childhood cards
Send wide photos before you sort. We will flag anything that looks like a standout and price the rest as a lot — no need to name every set first.
That's me →My kid has a pile of Pokémon cards
Wide shots first. We will call out anything worth sleeving or setting aside; the rest can stay in the pile for a bulk-style written range.
That's me →I have bulk and don't want to list it one by one
We price what can realistically be resold, era mix, and storage — not card-by-card listing work. Bin photos and a rough weight estimate are enough to start.
That's me →I want to consolidate into fewer, better cards
Tell us what you would rather hold long term — we can work trade value or cash in the same thread so you are not juggling dozens of small sales.
That's me →I inherited a collection
If one card is worth far more than the rest, we call it out before any offer. You get recent sales context and a written range so the family can decide calmly.
That's me →I have a binder and don't know what it's worth
Page-by-page phone photos are enough for a first pass. You do not need to grade your own cards — we identify what is there and tie the range to recent sales.
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Process
How it works
Four steps — photos, written range with recent comps, local meetup or insured mail-in, payment after final review.
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Get a written range in 1–2 business days
We include the reasoning, condition assumptions, and comps where useful.
- Step 3 of 4
Choose local or shipped
Meetup, drop-off, or insured mail-in depending on the lot.
- Step 4 of 4
Get paid after review
The final number is confirmed before money changes hands.
Inventory
What we buy
Pokémon-first: raw singles, slabs, sealed, binders, bulk, and mixed lots. Japanese and English welcome. A little sports, Magic, or Yu-Gi-Oh mixed in is fine when Pokémon is most of the box.
By format
Pick the form your collection is in — we'll meet it where it lives.
- Start here
Raw singles
Ungraded individual cards — holos, promos, reverse holos, Japanese and English, vintage through modern. No spreadsheet required; wide shots of binders or piles are enough to start.
See details - All major graders
Slabs / graded Pokémon
PSA, CGC, BGS, SGC, and other major holders on Pokémon. Include cert numbers and case photos — scratches on the slab matter too.
See details - Tamper-checked
Sealed Pokémon product
Boosters, ETBs, blisters, and factory-sealed odds and ends. Seals and provenance matter; we decline anything that looks tampered.
See details - Nostalgia gold
Binders & albums
Organized pages, nine-pocket albums, and school-binder nostalgia. Page-by-page photos help; we'll call out anything that needs a closer look.
See details - Bulk-friendly
Bulk Pokémon lots
Bins, totes, shoeboxes, and unsorted commons through mid-tier. What can realistically be resold, era mix, and storage condition drive the math — full breakdown in the bulk pricing PDF.
See details - Always welcome
Mixed lots welcome
Pokémon mixed with sports, Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh, or other TCG? Send the whole lot — we'll buy the Pokémon at our normal rates and tell you up front what we can do with the rest.
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Areas of deep expertise
Sets and eras we know cold — graded-card rarity context, print-run quirks, and Japanese promos priced against recent sales.
- Deep pricing
WOTC-era & vintage
Base set, Jungle, Fossil, Team Rocket, Neo, e-Series, and shadowless or 1st Edition holos. Print-run quirks priced separately — graded-card rarity context goes in the written reply.
See details - Priced vs recent sales
Japanese imports
Japanese promos, exclusives, and modern chase cards — priced against recent sales.
See details - Recent sales
Modern hits
Alt-arts, special-arts, illustration rares, and gold/rainbow chases from current Scarlet & Violet sets. Comps refresh daily — your offer reflects today's number, not last month's.
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Not sure if your lot fits? Send photos — we'll tell you what we can buy.
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Commitments we put in writing
Four promises we repeat in the quote thread — short, human language you can hold us to.
We flag value you might not know about
If one card is worth far more than the rest, we call it out before any offer.
Every range comes in writing
You get the number, reasoning, and next steps in the same thread.
No surprise lowball after review
If something changes after final review, we show you why with photos or comps.
We offer on the whole lot
If we want the hits, we account for the bulk too — no cherry-picking and disappearing.
Recently bought
Real lots, real timelines
From photos to payout — details vary by lot; every thread stays in writing with comps behind the numbers.
Swipe to see more. Outcomes anonymized; details vary by lot.
Cincinnati metro seller
Two-binder Pokémon lot
Same-day range against live comps, paid after a local meet, listings live within a week.
Northern Kentucky seller
DP-era SP holo pickup
Photo review, insured mail-in, firm offer in-hand against pop-report context.
Mail-in (US)
Mixed-era bulk tote (~8k commons)
Weight and era-mix photos, range tied to salable share, pickup arranged in writing.
Cincinnati metro seller
PSA-graded slab group
Cert numbers verified, recent solds pulled per slab — single offer covers the group, not just the chase.
NKY seller
Inherited childhood collection (sorted)
Wide photos to start, paced Q&A, binder pass to separate standouts from the rest before any number went out.
About
Meet the buyer
One Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky collector on the desk — not a faceless storefront.
Since Base Set era
Smiitzy
Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky Pokémon card buyer — photos in, written range with recent comps out. Same person buying, listing, and reviewing cards; not a faceless storefront.
I've collected Pokémon since the Base Set era, back when holo Charizard was the playground chase and Pokémon Yellow lived in my Game Boy. Crown Collectibles grew out of buying, selling, and trading online — and wanting a cleaner way for local sellers to get a real number without cataloging every card first.
Send photos, I'll review the lot, flag anything worth a closer look, and send back a written range with the reasoning. Singles, binders, slabs, sealed, and bulk all get reviewed with the same care.
Personal collection — not for sale
Categories I keep rather than list — context for how I think about cards:
- WOTC-era Pokémon holos
- First-edition base set
- Pikachu chase & promos
- Japanese promos
FAQ
Straight answers
Plain language on bulk, damage, shipping, photos, and local meetups. Ask anything else in the quote form.
Shop
Buy from the same desk
We list daily too — helpful if you want to read live feedback or compare inventory style before you sell. Selling your cards stays the main focus here.
- Mercari
Current listings and solds — cards ship daily.
Open Mercari - eBay
Auctions and buy-it-now inventory from the same desk.
Open eBay - Instagram
New pickups, highlights, and how to reach us fast.
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Crown Collectibles is actively selling — these links open the real storefronts in new tabs.
Refer a seller
When their first deal closes, you earn $25–$100 depending on lot size — secondary to selling your own cards; details on the referrals page.
Get my referral linkReady for a written range?
Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky local meetup, drop-off, or insured mail-in. Send photos — most lots hear back in 1–2 business days.
Cincinnati & NKY · Written range in 1–2 days
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