Why a PSA 10 Neo Genesis Lugia Costs 12x a PSA 9
Just 15 of the 12,000+ graded Unlimited Lugia 9/111 are PSA 10s. Here is how centring builds that price cliff, and what to do with a raw copy.
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Pokémon Collection Guides
Plain-English guides to valuing, grading, and selling Pokémon cards — written by people who buy collections for a living.
Everything below comes out of questions people actually ask us when they submit a collection. No hype, no “this card is going to the moon” — just how to work out what you have and what it’s realistically worth.
Which sealed Pokémon product is worth holding?
Booster boxes hold value best, ETBs are middling and tins are usually the worst. What sold prices show happens to each once a set leaves print.
Which Pokémon promo cards are actually worth money?
Most Pokémon promos are common. How to tell a WOTC Black Star from a prerelease stamp or a league promo, and which of them carry real money.
What happens to a collection after you sell it to us
Stage by stage: written offer from sold comps, shipping, check-in against photos, payment after review, sorting and grading, and where our margin comes from.
Which Years of Pokémon Cards Are Worth Money?
1999 to 2003 carries most of the money. 2003 to 2016 is the flat stretch where most collections sit. Here is the era-by-era map, with prices and dating tips.
How to Photograph Pokémon Cards for an Accurate Offer
Bad photos cost sellers money because a buyer prices in whatever the photo hides. The lighting, angles and framing that make an offer hold up on arrival.
Is XY Evolutions Worth Anything?
Most XY Evolutions singles still sell for a few dollars, but the sealed booster box now trades around $2,400 — and the gap between those two facts is the whole story of this set.
What Are My Pokémon Cards Worth If They're Not Graded?
A raw card is worth what identical ungraded copies sold for. How to read eBay sold comps, which condition flaws move the number, and when raw beats grading.
Local card shop or eBay: what each route actually nets
A mid-size collection worth $2,400 on eBay nets about $1,640 after fees, postage and supplies, across roughly 37 hours of work. Here is the full arithmetic.
Are Holo Pokémon Cards Worth More? Holo vs Reverse Holo
On a holo the artwork shines and the card body is matte. On a reverse holo it is the other way round. Which one is worth more depends entirely on the set.
What Grading Pokémon Cards Actually Costs in 2026
PSA Regular is $79.99 a card, CGC Economy is $20, and Beckett's two cheapest tiers are sold out. Add postage both ways and supplies and four cards through PSA works out at roughly $88 each.
You Inherited a Pokémon Collection. Here's the Order of Operations.
A calm, practical order of operations for someone who has just inherited Pokémon cards and has no interest in the hobby: what not to throw away, what actually carries the value, and the two ways families end up underpaid.