Caterpie
Sold price movement
- 12 months ago
- $1.89£1.43€1.71
- Today
- $1.35£1.02€1.22
- Change
- -$0.54-£0.41-€0.49 (-28.6%)
Market activity
| Price type | Pop share | PopulationPop | Sold 90d | Median | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | – | 247 | $1.72£1.30€1.56 | $1.35£1.02€1.22 | |
| PSA 2 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 4 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 5 | 3 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 6 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| PSA 7 | 8 | – | – | $12.75£9.64€11.54 | |
| PSA 8 | 19 | 3 | – | $20£15.12€18.10 | |
| PSA 9 | 65 | 12 | $38.50£29.11€34.84 | $42£31.75€38 | |
| CGC/BGS 9.5 | – | – | – | $46£34.78€41.62 | |
| PSA 10 | 61 | 11 | $127.50£96.40€115.36 | $100£75.61€90.48 | |
About these prices
38.4% of copies sent to PSA come back a 10. Sold and median are 90 days of PSA sales. The 9.5 is a CGC and BGS grade, so it carries no PSA population.
Priced from 1,133 completed sales, updated Nov 14, 2026.
Price history
Recent sales
1,133 completed listings on eBay, Fanatics CollectShow 288 more, the newest 300 of 1,133
Pokemon: Base Set, Caterpie 45/102 Common (Regular, Unlimited, 1999) 045/102$1£0.76€0.90
The Pokémon Company Caterpie 45/102 Base Set Regular Common EN 1999 Unlimited 045/102$0.79£0.60€0.71Pokemon TCG - Caterpie - Base Set Unlimited - 45/102 Common - MP 45/102$1.99£1.50€1.80Caterpie #10 Non-Holographic Pokemon Card MP - 45/102 Common Base Set 1999 045/102$1.90£1.44€1.72Caterpie Mint NM 45/102 Base Set Unlimited Regular Common 1999 Pokemon Card 045/102$0.99£0.75€0.90More from Base Set
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PSA has graded 1,506 copies. Where they landed:
Why the verdict weights the odds
Only 31.0% of copies reach a 10, which is why the top price is the wrong number to plan around. Weighting each grade’s PSA price by these odds, a submission is worth $51.64£39.04€46.73 on average against $101.34£76.62€91.69 for the card plus $79.99£60.48€72.38 at Regular, the cheapest level PSA will insure it at. That loses $49.70£37.58€44.97, so a copy is worth more raw.
What CGC copies sold for
Sold prices from listings that named the grader and the grade, not asking prices, and not a PSA figure converted across. A CGC 9 runs about 0.44x the PSA 9 on the cards where we hold both, but the spread is wide enough that it is only worth quoting where copies actually traded, which is what these are. The count beside each price is how many.
| Grade | Median sold | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| CGC 8.5 | $9.50£7.18€8.60 | 7 |
| CGC 8 | $10.78£8.15€9.75 | 6 |
Card facts
- Card number
- 045/102
- Rarity
- Common
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Set released
- Jan 9, 1999
- PSA population, all printings
- 1,506
- Printings priced
- 1
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The same card in other sets
Legendary Collection069/110$99.27£75.05€89.82
Base Set (Shadowless)045/102$53.82£40.69€48.70
HeartGold SoulSilver57/123$49£37.05€44.34
EX FireRed & LeafGreen56/112$34.68£26.22€31.38
Expedition096/165$28.63£21.65€25.90
Great Encounters63/106$18.89£14.28€17.09
Scarlet & Violet 151172/165$15.46£11.69€13.99
McDonald's Promos 2019001/012$15.44£11.67€13.97What moves the price of this card
The Caterpie on this page is the Normal printing from Base Set, and it trades at $1.28£0.97€1.16 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 7 $12.75£9.64€11.54, PSA 8 $20£15.12€18.10, PSA 9 $42£31.75€38, CGC/BGS 9.5 $46£34.78€41.62, PSA 10 $100£75.61€90.48. PSA has graded 1,506 copies of it. 1,133 completed sales are on file.
What is a PSA 10 Caterpie worth?
A PSA 10 Caterpie from Base Set sells for $100. 38.4% 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 Caterpie from Base Set worth grading?
On the numbers, no. The average submission is worth $58.62 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $1.35 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it loses $42.72.
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 $100£75.61€90.48. 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.
What Caterpie does
Basic · 40 HP · retreat 1
String Shot10Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Weak to Fire ×2. Tournament legal in neither standard nor expanded.