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A valuable item is an item which generally serves no practical purpose other than to be sold, usually for a high price.

In Generation II and IV, it is possible to buy some of these items for a discount (but only one of each per day) on Mondays in the morning in the Goldenrod Tunnel.

In Pokémon Black, some of these items are sold in Black City, albeit for prices much higher than they can be sold for. Often, these items later become exchangeable items. In Generation V, mulches, flutes, and the Odd Keystone became valuable items due to losing their function. While most of these items can be sold at Poké Marts, those introduced in Generation V can only be sold to certain item maniacs. Besides Big Nuggets, Pearl Strings, and Comet Shards, the player can also sell normal Nuggets, Pearls, Big Pearls, Stardust, and Star Pieces to the maniac inside the Icirrus City Pokémon Center, for double the price presented below.

Valuable items that can be sold in Poké Marts

Item		Gen.	Sell price	Maniac	Sell price (maniac)	Sell price (valuable item buyer)	Other effects
	Nugget	I	$5,000	Ore	$10,000	—
	Big Mushroom	II	$2,500	Gourmet	$5,000	$10,000	Give one to the Move Reminder in Two Island to relearn one move for one Pokémon.
	Big Pearl	II	$4,000	Ore	$7,500	—
	Brick Piece	II	$25	—
	Gold Leaf	II	$500	—
	Pearl	II	$1,000	Ore	$1,400	$3,000
	Silver Leaf	II	$500	—
	Slowpoke Tail	II	$4,900	—
	Star Piece	II	$6,000	Ore	$9,800	$14,000	In Pokémon Platinum, can be exchanged with Mr. Fuego for one of each color of shard. In Pokémon Black and White, can be exchanged with a man in Anville Town for a PP Up on the weekends.
	Stardust	II	$1,500	Ore	$2,000	$4,000
	Tiny Mushroom	II	$250	Gourmet	$500	$2,000	Give two to the Move Reminder in Two Island to relearn one move for one Pokémon.
	Blue Shard	III	$500	Ore	$3,000	—	Can be exchanged (alone or with other shards) for a Water StoneRS EORAS, a TM18 (Rain Dance)DP, BerriesHGSS, or a Bottle CapSM USUM. Can be given to a Move Tutor to teach one move to one PokémonPtB2W2.
	Green Shard	III	$500	Ore	$3,000	—	Can be exchanged (alone or with other shards) for a Leaf StoneRS EORAS, a TM07 (Hail)DP, BerriesHGSS, or a Bottle CapSM USUM. Can be given to a Move Tutor to teach one move to one PokémonPtB2W2.
	Red Shard	III	$500	Ore	$3,000	—	Can be exchanged (alone or with other shards) for a Fire StoneRS EORAS, a TM11 (Sunny Day)DP, BerriesHGSS, or a Bottle CapSM USUM. Can be given to a Move Tutor to teach one move to one PokémonPtB2W2.
	Shoal Salt	III	$10	Gourmet	$7,000	—	Four can be given to the old man in the first room of Shoal Cave along with four Shoal Shells to obtain a Shell Bell.
	Shoal Shell	III	$10	Ore	$7,000	—	Four can be given to the old man in the first room of Shoal Cave along with four Shoal Salt to obtain a Shell Bell.
	Yellow Shard	III	$500	Ore	$3,000	—	Can be exchanged (alone or with other shards) for a Thunder StoneRS EORAS, a TM37 (Sandstorm)DP, BerriesHGSS, or a Bottle CapSM USUM. Can be given to a Move Tutor to teach one move to one PokémonPtB2W2.
	Rare Bone	IV	$2,500	Rare Bone	$10,000	$11,111	In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, counts as a Fossil towards Fossil count when dug up in the Underground.
	Balm Mushroom	V	$7,500	Gourmet	$25,000	$25,000	Cannot be sold to Poké Marts in the Generation V games.
	Big Nugget	V	$20,000	Ore	$30,000	—	Cannot be sold to Poké Marts in the Generation V games.
	Comet Shard	V	$12,500	Ore	$60,000	$30,000	Cannot be sold to Poké Marts in the Generation V games.
	Pearl String	V	$10,000	Ore	$25,000	$27,500	Cannot be sold to Poké Marts in the Generation V games.
	Pretty Feather	V	$500	—
	Relic Gold	V	$30,000	Billionaire	$10,000	—	Cannot be sold to Poké Marts in the Generation V games, X, and Y.
	Strange Souvenir	VI	$1,500	—
	Beach Glass	VII	$400	—
	Chalky Stone	VII	$30	—
	Lone Earring	VII	$300	—
	Marble	VII	$150	—
	Polished Mud Ball	VII	$600	—
	Stretchy Spring	VII	$10	—
	Tropical Shell	VII	$1,000	—
	Tiny Bamboo Shoot	IX	$375	—
	Big Bamboo Shoot	IX	$1,500	—
All details are accurate to Generation IX games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual item's page.

Mulches

Main article: Mulch

Flutes

Main article: Flute

Flutes were considered valuable items only in Black, White, Black 2, White 2, X and Y.

Valuable items that can only be sold to item maniacs

The following items have only been made available in Generation V for the express purpose of being sold to the Billionare maniac in Undella Town. Like many valuable items introduced in Generation V, they cannot be sold normally in Poké Marts.

Artwork

Underground

This is artwork of the items as seen in the Sinnoh Underground.

Global Link

This is artwork of the items as seen on the Pokémon Global Link.

Grand Underground

This is artwork of the items as seen in the Sinnoh Grand Underground.

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

This is artwork of the items as seen in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

In the anime

Main series

In Reunion Battles In Nimbasa!, a Pretty Wing was included in the full set of wings that was promised as a prize for winning the Club Battle tournament. The set was eventually won by Iris, who later sent it to the Village of Dragons.

In Defending the Homeland!, Clemont mentioned having used Big Mushrooms as a part of the new food he had just made for the group.

In Treasure Hunt, Akala Style!, Mallow found multiple Tiny and Big Mushrooms and Sophocles found a Star Piece during a Stoutland Search treasure hunt set up for Ash and his classmates by Olivia. In the dub, the Star Piece was incorrectly referred to as a Comet Shard.

A Nugget appeared in Why Not Give Me a Z-Ring Sometime?, where a man was seen polishing it, only to have it stolen by an item-snatching Gengar nicknamed "Greedy Rapooh".

In A Recipe for Success!, Mallow got some dried-up Big Mushrooms from Oranguru to be used at Aina's Kitchen.

Pokémon Evolutions

In The Discovery, a Nugget was held by a man overseeing the Nugget Bridge as he watched Green effortlessly defeat all the Trainers on the bridge.

In the manga

Magical Pokémon Journey

In Hazel VS Almond!, Almond won a Star Piece in a contest held by Grandpa, giving it to Hazel.

Pokémon Adventures

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

In Ursaring Major, Team Rocket had cut off the tails of a herd of Slowpoke by the Slowpoke Well near Azalea Town, planning to sell them for profit. However, they were stopped by Silver and his Ursaring before they could do so.

A Big Pearl appeared in Crossing Crobat, where it was retrieved by Janine as a part of a test to check the security of the Goldenrod Museum.

Black & White arc

A Big Mushroom appeared in A Week to Go and Old Wounds, where Shoko gave it to one of her Patrat to hold while demonstrating her Marvelous Bridge Patrat Show to Black.

Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon arc

A pair of Team Skull Grunts sold grilled Slowpoke Tails at the Iki Town festival, with one of said Tails appearing in The Party Crasher and Guzma the Destroyer.

Gallery

Slowpoke Tails
A Big Pearl
A Big Mushroom

Trivia

The Slowpoke Tail is actually a useless item with no function past its monetary value. Although it is said that a Slowpoke will use its tail for fishing, a Slowpoke Tail has no effect on fishing at all, nor does it have any effect on Shellder despite the fact that contact with a Slowpoke's tail usually induces a spiral change.
The first time that humans eating Pokémon is mentioned explicitly in the games is when a Team Rocket member mentions the SlowpokeTail's value as a delicacy. In Pokémon X and Y, Slowpoke Tail is one of the dishes served by Restaurant Le Yeah in Lumiose City.
The Rare Bone and Thick Club share the same Bag sprite.
The Relic Gold and the Comet Shard are tied for the highest-selling items in the core series, selling for $30,000 each.