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Ancient Mew

Ancient Mew

Pokemon Promo · # · Jul 2000

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Should You Grade?

Raw Price
$115.84
Expected Value
$66.47
Net Profit
$521.11
Gem Rate
4.8%
ROI
+398%
Sales / Yr
2,849

The gem rate is only 5% — you'll need a very clean copy to hit PSA 10.

Best Tier for Flipping

TAG Basic$22.00/card · 30+ business days
Net Profit $42.50
Per-Flip ROI 127%
Annualized 2,340%
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Factors in grading cost, turnaround time, and compounding — how fast you can reinvest profits into the next flip.

Profitability by Grading Company

CompanyBest TierGem RatePop10sCostEVNet ProfitROI
PSAPSA Standard52.3%8,4201,250$20.00$85.40$32.50127%
BGSBGS Standard52.3%8,4201,250$20.00$85.40$32.50127%
CGCCGC Standard52.3%8,4201,250$20.00$85.40$32.50127%
SGCSGC Standard52.3%8,4201,250$20.00$85.40$32.50127%
TAGTAG Standard52.3%8,4201,250$20.00$85.40$32.50127%
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Shows the best-value tier from each grading company based on EV, cost, and turnaround. Pop = total graded population; 10s = grade 10 count.

Price by Grade

Raw
$115.84
BGS 10
$3,802.00
PSA 10
$2,924.40
CGC 10
$651.95
SGC 10
$357.68
9
$246.64
BGS 9.5
$203.65
8
$144.43
7
$125.00
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4.8%Gem Rate (PSA 10)
🔥+2,654 graded in 30 days
+5,712 in 90 days

Grade Distribution (80,634 total graded)

80,634Total
PSA 103,8314.8%
PSA 929,11236.1%
PSA 821,95327.2%
PSA 78,72510.8%
Below 716,78220.8%