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
Close call
$270
Raw · $160 – $440
Desk book
Raw
$270
$160 – $440
PSA 10
$480
PSA 9 $220
The math is close. Slab if you want liquidity and a cert; stay raw if you like the card in hand.
Grade yield
52% chance of PSA 9+. Net potential upside: −$17 after grading costs. Leave it raw.
PSA regular · $50 fee · $15 ship · $8 insurance · about 45 days. Shifted by this photo's 7.5 and 26,800 graded copies. Not a PSA yield.
Raw $270 · PSA 10 $480 · PSA 9 $220 · PSA 8 no book
- PSA 1029% · pop 12,400+$82 after fee
- PSA 923% · pop 8,600-$144 after fee
- PSA 811%
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
- Tag Team alt. Confirm Cosmic Eclipse and the 221/236 secret.
Census
How many exist
Graded
26,800
Gem mint
12,400
Gem rate
46.3%
Available now
142
- PSA 98,600 pop · 48 listed
- PSA 1012,400 pop · 66 listed
Compiled census estimate (PSA/BGS public pops)
Last sale · PSA 10 · $455 · Aug 2026
Comps
Sales tape
Desk book until you pull a live market read.
PSA 10 · Fanatics
Sep 3, 2026
$453
PSA 9 · Fanatics
Sep 2, 2026
$228
PSA 10 · Heritage
Aug 20, 2026
$479
PSA 10 · Fanatics
May 11, 2026
$529
PSA 9 · Fanatics
May 31, 2026
$200
Raw · Goldin
May 7, 2026
$259
PSA 10 · Heritage
Feb 9, 2026
$529
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
- $270
- Raw now
- $270
- Gem book
- $480
- 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: Tag Team alt. Confirm Cosmic Eclipse and the 221/236 secret.
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.
Scan a photo of this copy to measure borders.
Lot notes
Pikachu paper that isn't a mascot common. Lists every day.