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From a raw common to a PSA 10 grail, a card's value swings on grade, set and the week you check. Assay blends live sold comparables, active asks and price-guide data into one fair value with a confidence range — for Pokémon, sports and every trading-card game.
How to value trading cards
Trading-card value is driven first and foremost by condition and grade. The same 1952 rookie sold for $5.2M in a PSA 9 and $12.6M in a 9.5 — half a grade point roughly doubled it.
After grade, value tracks rarity (print run, first editions, variants), player or character demand, and recent sold prices — not asking prices, which can sit unsold for months.
Assay weights real, completed sales most heavily, factors the grade premium for your specific cert, and shows a confidence band so you know how firm the number is before you buy, insure or sell.
Grade & condition
Centering, corners, edges and surface. A single grade point can multiply value many times over.
Rarity & print run
First editions, short prints, error cards and low-population certs command the steepest premiums.
Player / character
Rookies, icons and cult favourites hold demand; flavour-of-the-month names fade fast.
Sold, not asked
Real completed comps anchor the number — active listings only hint at it.
Record trading cards sales
| Item | Price | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Pikachu Illustrator (PSA 10) | $16.49M | Goldin, 2026 — most expensive card ever |
| 1952 Rookie Card (SGC 9.5) | $12.6M | Heritage, 2022 — finest known example |
| T206 Tobacco Card | $7.25M | Goldin, 2022 — fewer than ~60 known |
Public auction results, shown to illustrate the value drivers Assay blends into every valuation. Not investment advice.
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Trading Cards valuation FAQ
It depends mostly on the card, its grade and recent sold prices. Assay gives you an instant blended estimate from live market data — free for your first valuations each day — so you're working from a real number, not a guess.
Almost always, and often dramatically. Because condition is the single biggest driver, the same card can be worth many times more in a high grade. Assay factors the grade premium for your specific certification into every valuation.
A PSA 10 Pikachu Illustrator sold for $16.49M in February 2026, overtaking the $12.6M 1952 Mickey Mantle. Both prices were driven by being the finest known examples.
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