Only flawless copies
Grading beats selling raw if your copy has at least a 59% chance of a PSA 10.
58% if a miss grades PSA 9, 65% if it grades PSA 8.

Catalog reference · USD $21.50 · PokemonPriceTracker, Nov 1, 12:15 PM UTC
Reference condition: Near mintYour copy’s condition may differ.
Only flawless copies
Grading beats selling raw if your copy has at least a 59% chance of a PSA 10.
58% if a miss grades PSA 9, 65% if it grades PSA 8.
Net of grading and selling costs, compared with selling the raw card today. Grading fee by result: PSA 10 $59.99, PSA 9 $59.99, PSA 8 $59.99, plus $10.00 shipping. Change your costs
Only a PSA 10 beats selling raw.
At your odds, grading loses money even on a free card.
Grading still beats selling raw at your odds while all grading costs stay under this.
PSA 10s would need to rise 73% from $147 for grading to pay at your 30% odds.
Completed eBay sales of this exact printing, aggregated by PokemonPriceTracker, updated Oct 30. Only sales bound to this printing count.
| Grade | Price used | Sales | Last sale |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $147 longer-run | 294 | Oct 23 |
| PSA 9 | $40.45 longer-run | 186 | Oct 16 |
| PSA 8 | $19.99 longer-run | 40 | Oct 21 |
| CGC 10 | $65.00 longer-run | 174 | Oct 26 |
| SGC 10 | — too few | 2 | Apr 13 |
| Raw | $21.50 | — | Nov 1 |
| Grade | Price used | Sales | Last sale |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 8.5 | — too few | 2 | Aug 2 |
| PSA 7 | — too few | 4 | Oct 15 |
| PSA 6 | — too few | 2 | Jul 13 |
| PSA 4 | — too few | 1 | Feb 9 |
| BGS 9.5 | — too few | 1 | Jul 12 |
| BGS 9 | — too few | 3 | Aug 10 |
| BGS 8 | — too few | 1 | Apr 20 |
| CGC 9.5 | $19.00 longer-run | 19 | Oct 4 |
| CGC 9 | $21.80 longer-run | 62 | Oct 26 |
| CGC 8.5 | $19.12 longer-run | 8 | Oct 20 |
| CGC 8 | $20.00 longer-run | 24 | Oct 10 |
| CGC 7.5 | — too few | 4 | Sep 7 |
| CGC 7 | — too few | 1 | Sep 21 |
| SGC 9.5 | — too few | 1 | May 5 |
In the last 7 days, 1 PSA 10 and 1 PSA 8 sold. PSA 9 last sold on Oct 16.
PSA 10s are 61% of this card’s PSA 9 and 10 sales. Owners sell their best copies, so this is not your chance of a 10.
Recorded observations through Nov 1, 12:00 AM UTC. Grading takes months, and the raw price can move while you wait.
1M · USD · price observations, not individual transactions
A PSA 10 sells for 2.3× a CGC 10 of this card. PSA has the most sales, 294. The verdict uses PSA.
After each grader’s base fee for that value, shipping and selling fees, a 10 nets $56.70 from PSA, $25.99 from CGC. Turnaround and resale demand differ too; check the grader board on Grading costs.
Crack it and send the raw card again, or sell the 9 as it is. A miss pays a second grading fee and usually comes back a 9 again.
Cracking pays if that chance is at least 77%. At 15%: −$58 versus selling the 9 for a net $34.69.
A card that graded 9 once is less likely to get a 10 than a fresh copy, so set this lower than you would for one. Cracking a slab can also damage the card.

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