Poliwrath

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 Poliwrath on this page is the 1st Edition Holofoil printing from Japanese Base Expansion Pack, and it trades at $102.64£76.54€91.82 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 $130£96.94€116.29, PSA 8 $162.50£121.17€145.36, PSA 9 $333.68£248.81€298.49, CGC/BGS 9.5 $367£273.66€328.29, PSA 10 $1,070£798€957.32. PSA has graded 824 copies of it. 475 completed sales are on file.

What is a PSA 10 Poliwrath worth?

A PSA 10 Poliwrath from Japanese Base Expansion Pack sells for $1,070. 41.8% 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 Poliwrath from Japanese Base Expansion Pack worth grading?

On the numbers, yes. The average submission is worth $606.00 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $88.10 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it clears $417.91.

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 $1,070£798€957.32. 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.