Gaea's Touch

Why this card

A top grade is worth €176, about 3.9 times the €45 it costs to buy and send this card in. Of the 47 copies already graded, 14.9% came back that high. On average, one raw copy loses €9 after grading. The 10 pays, the average copy does not — pristine only.

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 2 → 3€3 → €3−€42
2. PSA 3 → 4€3 → €4−€41
3. PSA 4 → 5€4 → €4−€42
4. PSA 5 → 6€4 → €6−€41
5. PSA 6 → 7€6 → €13−€36
6. PSA 7 → 8€13 → €14−€43
7. PSA 8 → 9€14 → €26−€32
8. PSA 9 → 9.5€26 → €106+€27
9. PSA 9.5 → 10€106 → €176+€11

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

Raw → 10

€3→€17651×

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

Gem

14.9%

PSA 10s seen

7

PSA graded seen

47

7 / 7.5

€13

8 / 8.5

€14

PSA 9

€26

BGS 10

€229

CGC 10

€44

SGC 10

€106

9.5

€106

Fee

€42

All-in

€45

Spread

€131

EV / copy

−€9

Sales/yr

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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.