Arceus

What PSA copies sold for in the UK

Completed eBay UK sales, in pounds, where the listing recorded the grader and the grade. The graders are not interchangeable here: across 154 cards with both, an Ace 10 sells for about 60% of a PSA 10, and an Ace 9 for about 80% of a PSA 9. The count beside each price is how many sales it is a median of.

What moves the price of this card

The Arceus on this page is the 1st Edition Holofoil printing from Japanese Mythical & Legendary Dream Shine Collection, and it trades at $10.99£8.24€9.59 in near mint condition. Only one printing of this card was produced, so there is no cheaper version to confuse it with.

Graded, it runs PSA 8 $30£22.48€26.18, PSA 9 $33£24.73€28.80, CGC/BGS 9.5 $36£26.98€31.41, PSA 10 $111.38£83.47€97.19. PSA has graded 531 copies of it. 198 completed sales are on file.

What is a PSA 10 Arceus worth?

A PSA 10 Arceus from Japanese Mythical & Legendary Dream Shine Collection sells for $111.38. 81.0% of the copies PSA has graded came back a 10, so that price is the best case rather than the one a submission should expect.

Is Arceus from Japanese Mythical & Legendary Dream Shine Collection worth grading?

On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $95.94 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $9.63 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it loses $13.68.

Condition does most of the work below the surface. A copy with soft corners or a print line off centre trades well under the market price shown here, and a copy clean enough to grade trades well above it, which is why the PSA 10 sits at $111.38£83.47€97.19. Before you value your own copy, look at the corners under a light and check the centring on the back, where most cards give themselves away.