Relicanth #173
Pokemon Temporal Forces · #173 · Illustration Rare · Mar 2024
No — Not Worth Grading
Should You Grade?
Raw Price
$10.00
Expected Value
$-5.71
Net Profit
$-7.50
Gem Rate
45.0%
ROI
-30%
Sales / Yr
371
Even a PSA 10 would lose $7.50 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
$10.00
BGS 10
$123.00
PSA 10
$94.96
SGC 10
$57.00
BGS 9.5
$22.00
9
$21.85
CGC 10
$17.50
8
$13.06
7
$5.50
45.0%Gem Rate (PSA 10)
17 graded last month
Past month gem rate: 29.0%
Grade Distribution (777 total graded)
777Total
PSA 1034644.5%
PSA 938048.9%
PSA 8425.4%
PSA 760.8%
Below 730.4%