Every category of card collecting has it's "gold standard" which stands as the pinnacle of the genre. For baseball, it's the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle; for hockey it's the 1979 O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky; for basketball it's the 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan; and for Pokemon, it's the 1999 Charizard 1st Edition Shadowless. With high-end examples selling into the six-figures, it's become the card that all Pokemon collectors aspires to own.
From even the early days of Pokemon cards, prior to establishing a true market, the #4 Charizard with it's incredible 100 damage Fire Spin move was desired over all other cards, even if you were a water or earth fan. To this day, the same can be said, Charizard is the king of the set, showing incredibly interesting in any format, Charizard has it's own market on its own with several different variations commanding premiums from collectors. This offering, the First Edition 1999 #4 holographic shadowless Charizard is the card that started it all, rendering a VG-EX 4 grade from SGC, looks much stronger to the eye, perhaps offering an opportunity for regrading if one so desired given it's strong centering and relatively clean surfaces.
Easily one of the most desirable cards of the 1990's, and with incredibly upside, you will want to catch this offering prior to another spike in the ever increasing market!
