How to Grade Pokémon Cards at Home Before Submitting
Grading Pokémon cards at home before submitting them to a professional service comes down to carefully inspecting four key areas: centering, corners,...
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Japanese Pokemon TCG cards and pricing
The Grading Threshold: Which Cards Jump Most in Value From 9 to 10
Trophy and tournament cards see the most dramatic value jumps from PSA 9 to PSA 10, routinely commanding premiums of ten times or more, but they are far...
How Population Reports Change the Value of a Pokémon Card
Population reports change the value of a Pokemon card by quantifying scarcity at each grade level, turning abstract rarity into a concrete number that...
The PSA Pop Report: How to Use It to Find Undervalued Cards
The PSA Pop Report is a free, publicly accessible database that tells you exactly how many copies of a given card PSA has graded and at what grade levels.
What Happens If PSA Grades Your Card Lower Than Expected?
If PSA grades your card lower than expected, you are stuck with three options: accept the grade and sell at a reduced value, crack the card out of the...
How to Submit Cards to PSA for the First Time — Step by Step
Submitting cards to PSA for the first time comes down to seven steps: inspect your cards, sleeve them in Card Saver 1 semi-rigid holders, create an...
What PSA Grade Does Your Card Need to Be Worth Grading?
For modern Pokémon cards, your card generally needs PSA 9 or PSA 10 potential to justify the cost of grading, and the raw card should be worth at least...
This Grandma Found 1st Edition Cards in the Attic — Here’s What They Were Worth
When a man posted photos of two sealed Base Set blister packs he found in his grandmother's attic to the Reddit forum r/PokemonTCG, the collecting world...
Attic Find Pokémon Cards: Real Values vs. What People Think They Have
Most Pokémon cards found in attics, basements, and childhood closets are worth very little. That shoebox of cards from the late 1990s or early 2000s that...
How to Know If Your Old Pokémon Cards Are Worth Money
You can tell if your old Pokémon cards are worth money by checking for a few specific markers: a 1st Edition stamp, the absence of a shadow border on the...