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Charmander #44

Charmander #44

Pokemon Promo · #044

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Should You Grade?

Raw Price
$65.00
Expected Value
$26.28
Net Profit
$83.00
Gem Rate
25.0%
ROI
+104%
Sales / Yr
2,915

The gem rate is only 25% — 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
$65.00
BGS 10
$744.00
PSA 10
$572.44
CGC 10
$163.00
SGC 10
$125.93
9
$100.00
BGS 9.5
$87.15
8
$67.50
7
$36.88
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25.0%Gem Rate (PSA 10)
🔥1,339 graded last month
Past month gem rate: 13.0%

Grade Distribution (41,027 total graded)

41,027Total
PSA 1010,46125.5%
PSA 920,00048.7%
PSA 87,77318.9%
PSA 71,3573.3%
Below 71,3263.2%
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