Pokémon & TCG Value Guide
Pokémon & TCG Value Guide — What’s It Worth?
Vintage Base Set through modern chase cards — valued on set, edition, and a PSA/CGC grade, with 1st Edition the line that matters most.
Pokémon & TCG Value Guide
Vintage Base Set through modern chase cards — valued on set, edition, and a PSA/CGC grade, with 1st Edition the line that matters most.
How we set the number
Every Pokémon & TCG value we quote is anchored to actual eBay sold listings — the exact prices matching pieces closed at, in matching condition. Active asking prices are wish prices; an automated estimate is a shrug. We start from what people genuinely paid, then adjust for the specifics of your piece.
Pokémon & TCG spans 1998-1999 vintage Base Set through modern sets and promos, graded PSA / CGC / BGS. These are the factors that separate a common piece from a genuine find — and the things to look at before you trust any number:
Edition and print run — 1st Edition and shadowless Base Set are a different market than unlimited
Grade is the whole game — a PSA 10 versus a 9 can multiply value many times over
The card and set — holos, full-arts, and trophy or promo cards (the Illustrator) carry the value
Centering, surface, and authenticity — counterfeits are rampant on the chase cards
Some of the Pokémon & TCG pieces whose values come up most often — though every piece is worth identifying, because the value lives in the details:
The #1 mistake on Pokémon & TCG: pricing off a high active listing instead of a real sold one, and assuming condition is better than it is. A clean grade against the sold comps is the difference between a number that holds and a number that disappoints.
Grab the checklist to run a first pass yourself, then send your Pokémon & TCG over for a free, no-obligation appraisal — researched by hand and priced against real sold comps.
The same hand-research walk-through we use on every Pokémon & TCG piece - boiled down to a checklist you can run yourself. Stop guessing and start with a number you can actually defend.
Send photos and we’ll do the research — identify each Pokémon & TCG piece, pull the matching sold comps, and give you an honest number with the receipts behind it. Free, and no obligation to sell.
By real eBay sold listings - the prices Pokémon & TCG pieces in matching condition have actually closed at recently, not active asking prices and not an automated estimate. An asking price is a wish; a sold price is a receipt. We start every appraisal from the sold comps.
Edition and print run — 1st Edition and shadowless Base Set are a different market than unlimited. Grade is the whole game — a PSA 10 versus a 9 can multiply value many times over. Two pieces that look identical to a casual buyer can sit at very different numbers once you account for these, which is exactly why a by-hand read beats a price-guide average.
Yes - more than almost anything else. The card and set — holos, full-arts, and trophy or promo cards (the Illustrator) carry the value. We grade against pristine, not against the last beat-up copy we saw, and when it's a close call we grade down. The honest grade is what keeps the number defensible.
Yes, and it's free with no obligation. Send photos and we'll identify each piece (1998-1999 vintage Base Set through modern sets and promos, graded PSA / CGC / BGS), pull the matching sold comps, and give you a number with the receipts behind it. Grab the appraisal checklist below to do a first pass yourself, or send it over and we'll do the research.
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