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Vaporeon Ex #31

Vaporeon Ex #31

Pokemon Japanese Terastal Festival · #031 · Base · Dec 2024

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No — Not Worth Grading

Should You Grade?

Raw Price
$2.47
Expected Value
$-2.02
Net Profit
$-1.48
Gem Rate
87.0%
ROI
-8%
Sales / Yr
713

Even a PSA 10 would lose $1.48 after the $15.00 grading cost and selling fees. The graded value doesn't justify the investment.

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
$2.47
BGS 10
$38.52
PSA 10
$32.71
SGC 10
$20.00
CGC 10
$15.99
9
$13.27
BGS 9.5
$10.92
8
$9.25
7
$7.00
View Sold PSA 10 Prices on PriceCharting →View Grading Data on GemRate →
0%100%
87.0%Gem Rate (PSA 10)
99 graded last month
Past month gem rate: 90.0%

Grade Distribution (2,711 total graded)

2,711Total
PSA 102,36487.2%
PSA 928410.5%
PSA 8501.8%
PSA 780.3%
Below 750.2%
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