Volcanion

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 Volcanion on this page is the 1st Edition Holofoil printing from Japanese Mythical & Legendary Dream Shine Collection, and it trades at $25.24£18.91€22.02 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 $9£6.74€7.85, PSA 8 $11.50£8.62€10.03, PSA 9 $20.87£15.64€18.21, CGC/BGS 9.5 $39.99£29.97€34.90, PSA 10 $164.56£123.32€143.60. PSA has graded 776 copies of it. 195 completed sales are on file.

What is a PSA 10 Volcanion worth?

A PSA 10 Volcanion from Japanese Mythical & Legendary Dream Shine Collection sells for $164.56. 82.9% 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 Volcanion from Japanese Mythical & Legendary Dream Shine Collection worth grading?

On the numbers, yes. The average submission is worth $139.67 with every grade weighted by how often this card comes back at it, against $18.68 for a raw copy plus $99.99 to send it through PSA Regular, so it clears $21.00.

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 $164.56£123.32€143.60. 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.