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Birthday Pikachu #24

Birthday Pikachu #24

Pokemon Promo · #024 · Jan 2001

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Should You Grade?

Raw Price
$255.50
Expected Value
$511.89
Net Profit
$929.50
Gem Rate
33.0%
ROI
+344%
Sales / Yr
625

This card has strong grading potential — $929.50 profit if PSA 10 with a 33% gem rate and 625 annual sales. The market is liquid enough to sell quickly.

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
$255.50
BGS 10
$8,758.00
PSA 10
$6,736.87
SGC 10
$4,042.00
CGC 10
$1,200.00
BGS 9.5
$725.00
9
$701.50
8
$360.72
7
$282.50
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33.0%Gem Rate (PSA 10)
1 graded last month
Past month gem rate: 0.0%

Grade Distribution (188 total graded)

188Total
PSA 106233.0%
PSA 98243.6%
PSA 83217.0%
PSA 784.3%
Below 731.6%