Pikachu

Why this card

A top grade is worth €2837, about 11 times the €266 it costs to buy and send this card in. Of the 655 copies already graded, 1.7% came back that high. On average, one raw copy is worth €286 after grading. Scarce 10s keep the premium; average copies still pay. CardSight auction medians for raw (11).

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€189 → €66−€172
2. PSA 2 → 3€66 → €73−€42
3. PSA 3 → 4€73 → €86−€38
4. PSA 4 → 5€86 → €120−€20
5. PSA 5 → 6€120 → €144−€33
6. PSA 6 → 7€144 → €283+€69
7. PSA 7 → 8€283 → €429+€61
8. PSA 8 → 9€429 → €1842+€1153
9. PSA 9 → 9.5€1842 → €2026−€168
10. PSA 9.5 → 10€2026 → €2837+€377

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

Raw → 10

€116→€283725×

Raw and PSA 10 are the PriceCharting guide.

Gem

1.7%

PSA 10s seen

11

PSA graded seen

655

7 / 7.5

€283

8 / 8.5

€429

PSA 9

€1842

BGS 10

€3689

CGC 10

€1290

SGC 10

€1702

9.5

€2026

Fee

€150

All-in

€266

Spread

€2571

EV / copy

+€286

Sales/yr

116/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.