Desk grade
7.5
6.5 – 8.0
Range from this photo. Not a PSA, BGS, or SGC cert.
- Centering
- 7.5
- Corners
- 7.5
- Edges
- 7.5
- Surface
- 7.5
Estimate from catalog averages, not a live surface check.
Glare, blur, and parallels get missed. The grading company still has the cert.
Value
Send it to slab
$1,600
Raw · $900 – $3,200
Desk book
Raw
$1,600
$900 – $3,200
PSA 10
$28.0k
PSA 9 $3,200
Population suggests a real shot at a grade that clears raw plus fees. Liquidity also concentrates in holders at this level.
Grade yield
23% chance of PSA 9+. Net potential upside: +$743 after grading costs. Leave it raw.
PSA regular · $50 fee · $15 ship · $19 insurance · about 45 days. Shifted by this photo's 7.5 and 4,680 graded copies. Not a PSA yield.
Raw $1,600 · PSA 10 $28.0k · PSA 9 $3,200 · PSA 8 $1,400
- PSA 103% · pop 210+$22.6k after fee
- PSA 920% · pop 1,260+$1,113 after fee
- PSA 838% · pop 2,100-$450 after fee
Net is the slab price minus a 13% take, ship pad, a $50 fee, and raw. A 10 is not the likely outcome of a 9 photo.
Hold or sell
Mixed book — no rush
Liquidity 65
No season window on this sport. The call is only the listed pile and the pop. One census snapshot — not a live pop velocity.
Trust shield
Check these tells
A phone photo cannot measure font kerning or a rosette against a reference set. These are the known tells for this issue.
- 1st Edition stamp ink, size, and placement are the most faked marks in TCG
- Shadowless vs Unlimited is a back-and-border call, not just the stamp
Liquidity
List this copy
Title, desk grade, and comps in one block. We do not submit it for you.
Authenticity
Likely authentic
Visual review, not a cert.
Census match on a well-documented issue. Still verify holograms, stamps, and stock in hand — photos miss texture.
- Print and type match known copies of this issue
- Stock and finish consistent with the set
- Shadowless sits between 1st Edition and Unlimited. No drop shadow on the right of the art box. Not a 1st Edition unless the stamp is present.
Census
How many exist
Graded
4,680
Gem mint
210
Gem rate
4.5%
Available now
18
- PSA 82,100 pop · 8 listed
- PSA 91,260 pop · 4 listed
- PSA 10210 pop · 0 listed
Compiled census estimate (PSA/BGS public pops)
Last sale · PSA 9 · $2,950 · Aug 2026
Comps
Sales tape
Desk book until you pull a live market read.
PSA 9 · Fanatics
Sep 19, 2026
$3,192
PSA 10 · Fanatics
Sep 4, 2026
$31.3k
PSA 10 · PWCC
Sep 1, 2026
$31.2k
PSA 10 · Fanatics
Jul 6, 2026
$31.3k
PSA 10 · Goldin
May 11, 2026
$27.3k
PSA 10 · PWCC
Jun 12, 2026
$30.8k
Raw · PWCC
Jun 1, 2026
$1,475
On the market
Open a live search on the desks that actually print paper.
Desk
If you send it in
Set the grade you think you have and the service you would buy.
- At Raw
- $1,600
- Raw now
- $1,600
- Gem book
- $28.0k
- Lift after fees
- -$50
Keep it raw · 45-day regular at $50.
Tells
How fakes fail
Stamp, shadow, and holo pattern decide the market.
- 1st Edition stamp ink, size, and placement are the most faked marks in TCG
- Shadowless vs Unlimited is a back-and-border call, not just the stamp
- Holo should have the era swirl — modern holo sheets look wrong
- Unlimited, Shadowless, and 1st Edition are three different books
On this issue: Shadowless sits between 1st Edition and Unlimited. No drop shadow on the right of the art box. Not a 1st Edition unless the stamp is present.
Centering & surface
Meter L/R and T/B from this photo, then loupe the print. A hint at what PSA, BGS, or SGC might say — not a cert.
Lot notes
The middle child of Base Set Charizard, and often misidentified.