Does a Reprint Hurt the Original Card's Value?
Sometimes, briefly, and less than people fear. What a reprint actually changes about an original, and the cases where it genuinely moves the price.
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Sometimes, briefly, and less than people fear. What a reprint actually changes about an original, and the cases where it genuinely moves the price.
The mechanics left out of the cards-went-up-10x stories: survivorship bias, the spread, eBay's 13.25% fee, grading costs and holding a thing that pays nothing.
Graded vintage and modern chase cards are up sharply year over year as of August 2026. Sealed modern is flat. Here is the sold data, segment by segment.