Gyarados

Why this card

A top grade is worth €2451, about 11 times the €223 it costs to buy and send this card in. Of the 515 copies already graded, 3.5% came back that high. On average, one raw copy is worth €56 after grading. Scarce 10s keep the premium; average copies still pay.

Population

One grade up

Each row buys the lower slab at the guide price and sells it on the next priced PSA rung. The leftover is what remains if the copy actually comes back there, after the PSA fee and about 10% to sell the new slab. Dirt on the surface can sometimes earn that one rung. Centering, corners, edges, and a crease cannot. The prices do not say which of those held this copy down.

1. PSA 1 → 2€181 → €9−€215
2. PSA 2 → 3€9 → €9−€42
3. PSA 3 → 4€9 → €11−€41
4. PSA 4 → 5€11 → €14−€41
5. PSA 5 → 6€14 → €42−€18
6. PSA 6 → 7€42 → €55−€34
7. PSA 7 → 8€55 → €200+€83
8. PSA 8 → 9€200 → €602+€300
9. PSA 9 → 9.5€602 → €663−€81
10. PSA 9.5 → 10€663 → €2451+€1393

A positive leftover is only worth opening the slab when the card in hand is limited by surface.

Raw → 10

€73→€245133×

Raw is the Cardmarket trend. PSA 10 is the PriceCharting guide.

Gem

3.5%

PSA 10s seen

18

PSA graded seen

515

7 / 7.5

€55

8 / 8.5

€200

PSA 9

€602

BGS 10

€3186

CGC 10

€687

SGC 10

€1471

9.5

€663

Fee

€150

All-in

€223

Spread

€2228

EV / copy

+€56

Sales/yr

107/yr

Fee is the PSA tier for the declared value, shipped from Europe. EV is what an average raw copy returns after grading and selling costs, minus the all-in. Positive on the average copy is Submit; positive only on a clean copy is Cherry-pick.