Dragonair (Delta Species) (Prerelease)

What moves the price of this card

The Dragonair (Delta Species) (Prerelease) on this page is the Normal printing from Nintendo Promos, and it trades at $146.32£110.13€128.86 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 $105.94£79.74€93.30, PSA 8 $159.95£120.39€140.86, PSA 9 $176£132.47€155, CGC/BGS 9.5 $194£146.01€170.85, PSA 10 $1,100£827.91€968.74. PSA has graded 183 copies of it. 97 completed sales are on file.

What is a PSA 10 Dragonair (Delta Species) (Prerelease) worth?

A PSA 10 Dragonair (Delta Species) (Prerelease) from Nintendo Promos sells for $1,100. 28.4% 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 Dragonair (Delta Species) (Prerelease) from Nintendo Promos worth grading?

On the numbers, yes. The average submission is worth $430.91 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $144.78 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it clears $186.14.

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 $1,100£827.91€968.74. 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.