Magikarp

What Ace 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 Magikarp on this page is the 1st Edition printing from Japanese Expansion Pack 20th Anniversary, and it trades at $1.55£1.16€1.35 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 $20£14.99€17.45, PSA 9 $28£20.98€24.43, CGC/BGS 9.5 $31£23.23€27.05, PSA 10 $148.88£111.57€129.91. PSA has graded 799 copies of it. 204 completed sales are on file.

What is a PSA 10 Magikarp worth?

A PSA 10 Magikarp from Japanese Expansion Pack 20th Anniversary sells for $148.88. 73.1% 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 Magikarp from Japanese Expansion Pack 20th Anniversary worth grading?

On the numbers, yes. The average submission is worth $115.44 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $4.17 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it clears $11.28.

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 $148.88£111.57€129.91. 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.