Lugia 1st Edition

I bought this beauty in a PSA 5 with the intentions of cracking it and cleaning it. I even did a demonstration with this card. I'm going to show you that demonstration again and I got the grading results [music] back. So, make sure you stay to the end. So, today I have a first edition Lugia [music] and one of the classic iconic cards out of the 2000 Neo Genesis. So, I I really wanted to just today, guys, make this demonstration focus on like how to clean a card and just how I do it. Sometimes I feel like I I try to, you know, jump on and show you something great as fast as I can. And which is fine and dandy for some things, but like I really want to put some effort into cleaning this card. I'm going to spend some time with it. I have, as you can see, the most noticeable stuff like, but look at this. when you hold it at certain angles, those scratches aren't that deep. So, I'm just wondering what type of results we can get. Pretty bad, right? But like then on the edges, we have um like some just I'm not sure if it's a substance or just like some [music] spotting. The front paint looks great. The holographic would be the toughest part, but then even like by the first edition, you guys see how there's like it's just like dirty. So, like I enjoy doing the card demonstrations a ton, all of them. But like not every card in your collection is going to have dents and wrinkles and need to do like five steps on, [music] you know, practically a lot of people that are my customers are like people with card little things like this, like how do I clean these up a little bit better? You know, what can I do with these little things I'm finding? Like see that up there? We got like some spots there. So, I want to show you guys just uh my process and I'm going to just clean the card and I I'll hopefully pick out a good song and I'll put it here and I'll I'll speed up the video even a little bit. But instead of trying to like, you know, just come up with thoughtful things to say throughout the whole thing, just just check it out. All right? And uh I'll show you how I do it. So, let's get started. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] [music] >> [music] [music] >> Black. [music] Hey. Hey. [music] >> [music] [music] >> You look [music] good. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Take it to the floor. Let's [music] move on. Heat. Heat. [music] [music] [music] >> [music] [music] [music] >> Hey, [music] [music] >> [music]

Snagged this card for $600 last year. PSA 5s are often overlooked, but there are definitely sleepers in those slabs. Once I cracked it, I gave it the TLC it deserved—a deep clean and some careful edge work to get it back to its original form. I resubmitted to BGS because I love seeing those sub-grades. Products used: Polish, spray, and card tool. I’ve got a stack of successful regrades from the past year, so if you’re into these kinds of follow-ups, stick around. More upgrades are on the way. — Kurt #kurtscardcare #tcg #pokemon #collectibles