Espeon & Deoxys GX Oversized (SM Black Star Promo)

What moves the price of this card

The Espeon & Deoxys GX Oversized (SM Black Star Promo) on this page is the Holofoil printing from Jumbo Cards, and it trades at $21.83£16.43€19.23 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 $81.22£61.13€71.53, PSA 8 $146.78£110.47€129.26, PSA 9 $253.75£190.98€223.47, CGC/BGS 9.5 $279£209.99€245.71, PSA 10 $4,443£3,344€3,913. PSA has graded 10,570 copies of it. 173 completed sales are on file.

What is a PSA 10 Espeon & Deoxys GX Oversized (SM Black Star Promo) worth?

A PSA 10 Espeon & Deoxys GX Oversized (SM Black Star Promo) from Jumbo Cards sells for $4,443. 8.8% 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 Espeon & Deoxys GX Oversized (SM Black Star Promo) from Jumbo Cards worth grading?

On the numbers, yes. The average submission is worth $570.68 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $122.46 for a raw copy plus $369 to send it through PSA Super Express, so it clears $79.22.

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 $4,443£3,344€3,913. 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.