Vaporeon #189
Pokemon Japanese VMAX Climax · #189 · Base · Mar 2022
No — Not Worth Grading
Should You Grade?
Raw Price
$19.95
Expected Value
$-5.34
Net Profit
$-5.16
Gem Rate
92.5%
ROI
-15%
Sales / Yr
459
Even a PSA 10 would lose $5.16 after the $15.00 grading cost and selling fees. The graded value doesn't justify the investment.
Best Tier for Flipping
Factors in grading cost, turnaround time, and compounding — how fast you can reinvest profits into the next flip.
Profitability by Grading Company
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
$19.95
BGS 10
$85.00
PSA 10
$68.98
SGC 10
$41.00
CGC 10
$29.79
9
$29.00
8
$25.96
7
$20.97
92.5%Gem Rate (PSA 10)
Grade Distribution (9,743 total graded)
9,743Total
PSA 109,01292.5%
PSA 95185.3%
PSA 81241.3%
PSA 7400.4%
Below 7490.5%