Gengar

Why this card

A top grade is worth €49228, about 19 times the €2592 it costs to buy and send this card in. Of the 1,250 copies already graded, 1.6% came back that high. On average, one raw copy loses €1475 after grading. The 10 pays, the average copy does not — pristine only. CardSight auction medians for 7 (5), 8 (3), 9 (2), raw (15).

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€632 → €62−€651
2. PSA 2 → 3€62 → €69−€42
3. PSA 3 → 4€69 → €97−€24
4. PSA 4 → 5€97 → €149−€4
5. PSA 5 → 6€149 → €160−€47
6. PSA 6 → 7€160 → €208−€15
7. PSA 7 → 8€208 → €320+€38
8. PSA 8 → 9€320 → €1387+€854
9. PSA 9 → 9.5€1387 → €992−€644
10. PSA 9.5 → 10€992 → €49228+€43013

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

Raw → 10

€2292→€4922821×

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

Gem

1.6%

PSA 10s seen

20

PSA graded seen

1,250

7 / 7.5

€208

8 / 8.5

€320

PSA 9

€1387

BGS 10

€63997

CGC 10

€4167

SGC 10

€29537

9.5

€992

Fee

€300

All-in

€2592

Spread

€46637

EV / copy

−€1475

Sales/yr

151/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.