Grade it
Grading beats selling raw if your copy has at least a 1.9% chance of a PSA 10.
1.3% if a miss grades PSA 9, 5.5% if it grades PSA 8.

Catalog reference · USD $62.40 · PokemonPriceTracker, Nov 9, 12:06 PM UTC
Reference condition: Near mintYour copy’s condition may differ.
Grade it
Grading beats selling raw if your copy has at least a 1.9% chance of a PSA 10.
1.3% if a miss grades PSA 9, 5.5% if it grades PSA 8.
Net of grading and selling costs, compared with selling the raw card today. Grading fee by result: PSA 10 $199.00 (Express), PSA 9 $59.99, PSA 8 $59.99, plus $10.00 shipping. Change your costs
Only a PSA 10 beats selling raw.
Grading breaks even at that price with your 30% PSA 10 chance. Raw sells for $62.40.
Grading still beats selling raw at your odds while all grading costs stay under this.
If PSA 10s fall 89% from $1,890, grading stops paying at your 30% odds.
Completed eBay sales of this exact printing, aggregated by PokemonPriceTracker, updated Nov 8. Only sales bound to this printing count.
| Grade | Price used | Sales | Last sale |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $1,890 | 62 | Nov 2 |
| PSA 9 | $123 | 109 | Nov 4 |
| PSA 8 | $49.99 longer-run | 49 | Nov 4 |
| CGC 10 | — too few | 4 | Sep 27 |
| Raw | $62.40 | — | Nov 9 |
| Grade | Price used | Sales | Last sale |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 7 | $44.54 longer-run | 17 | Oct 28 |
| PSA 6 | — too few | 5 | Sep 22 |
| PSA 5 | $46.86 longer-run | 5 | Nov 1 |
| PSA 4 | — too few | 2 | Jul 1 |
| PSA 1 | — too few | 2 | Oct 15 |
| BGS 9.5 | — too few | 4 | Mar 11 |
| BGS 9 | — too few | 4 | May 4 |
| BGS 8.5 | — too few | 1 | Jul 16 |
| BGS 7 | — too few | 1 | Jul 18 |
| CGC 9.5 | — too few | 1 | Feb 26 |
| CGC 9 | $49.00 longer-run | 11 | Oct 12 |
| CGC 8.5 | — too few | 10 | Aug 18 |
| CGC 8 | $29.99 longer-run | 15 | Oct 13 |
| CGC 7.5 | — too few | 7 | Sep 17 |
| CGC 6.5 | — too few | 2 | Jun 15 |
| SGC 8.5 | — too few | 1 | Oct 16 |
In the last 7 days, 3 PSA 10s, 3 PSA 9s and 2 PSA 8s sold.
PSA 10s are 36% 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 9, 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 4.2× a CGC 10 of this card. PSA has the most sales, 62. The verdict uses PSA.
After each grader’s base fee for that value, shipping and selling fees, a 10 nets $1,430 from PSA, $360 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 5.7%. At 15%: +$131 versus selling the 9 for a net $106.
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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The latest PSA 10 (Gem Mint) graded sales for Shining Celebi - SM79 (SM Black Star Promos #SM79) carry a median of $1,890.00, aggregated from recent eBay sold listings as of Nov 2, 04:34 AM UTC.
Over the latest tracked day, the reference price for Shining Celebi - SM79 (SM Black Star Promos #SM79) has fallen 0.6%. This describes recent tracked price movement only and is not investment advice.
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Feb 15, 12:00 AM UTC · Official Pokémon Company
PSA raised their base-level grading fee from $30 to $35 for standard cards. Express and Super Express tiers unchanged. This may reduce casual submissions and tighten PSA 10 supply for modern cards.
Feb 10, 12:00 AM UTC · PSA Official
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