Why a Card You Looked Up Last Year Is Worth Less Now
Five specific things pull card prices down, and most of them are invisible if you are checking a price guide. Here is what actually moved, and how to see it before you sell.
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Population Report
What Is a PSA Population Report?
It counts how many copies PSA has graded and at what grades. What that tells you about scarcity, and the four ways it misleads people who read it as a census.
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 centering builds that price cliff, and what to do with a raw copy.
PSA vs CGC vs Beckett for Pokémon: Which Should You Use?
PSA slabs sell for far more than CGC or Beckett on the same card. Here are the current fees, the verified price gap, and the cases where CGC still wins.
Japanese vs English Pokémon Cards: Which Are Worth More?
Japanese cards grade far better than English ones — 81% PSA 10s against 25% on the same 2023 cards. Worth more is a different question, and it splits.
Is It Worth Grading Modern Pokémon Cards?
PSA's Value tier is paused, so a modern card now starts at $79.99 to grade. Here is the arithmetic on which cards clear that bar, and which lose money.