Is it worth grading Bulbasaur (Master Ball)?
Pokemon 151 1, Japanese. Real sold prices by grade, PSA population odds and a break-even calculator, updated daily. See the card’s full market page.
The sold prices matched to this card don't line up across grades yet (not enough confirmed sales yet (ungraded 42, PSA 10 19, PSA 9 2; 5 each needed)), so we're not giving a verdict until they're checked. The numbers below are shown as recorded.
Price by grade
Median sold price for each grade, never mixed across grades. The dashed line is the ungraded price: any grade whose bar stops before it sells for less than the raw card.
Recorded sales, last 12–24 months. Hatched bars have no sales yet and are estimates. PSA population: 4,061 graded copies.
Grading calculator
Should you grade your copy or sell it raw? Every input is prefilled from our data. Change any of them. The table shows each outcome: what the card sells for at that grade, what grading it costs, and how that compares with selling it ungraded.
| If it comes back | Chance | Sells for | Grading | Selling fees | vs selling raw |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 57%pop 88% | $79.99 | $64.19Standard | $11.00 | −$17.36 |
| PSA 9 | 33%pop 10% | $39.15 | $64.19Standard | $5.59 | −$52.79 |
| PSA 8 | 5%pop 1% | — not enough sales | — | — | — |
| PSA 7 or lower | 5%pop 1% | — not enough sales | — | — | — |
| Sell raw today | — | $26.01 | — | $3.85 | — |
| Expected result (weighted by chance) | — | ||||
Chance is an estimate from PSA's population report for this card (the share of graded copies at each grade, shown as "pop"); the PSA 10 share is scaled to 65% because people only send their best copies. Grading = PSA's fee for the tier the card's value at that grade requires, plus $4.20 shipping and supplies per card. No expected result until the prices are confirmed.
How we calculate it
Prices. Medians of recent recorded sales for each grade from eBay, Yahoo! Auctions JP and Mercari, converted to USD. Grades are never mixed. Every price counts only sales whose listing confirms this exact card, and the rankings go further still — a card only makes a “highest” or “lowest” list with enough independent evidence and a sane price ladder, so one stray listing can’t hijack the top spot. When a grade has no recorded sales we show a price-guide reference or an estimate, and label it.
Chances. We start from PSA’s population report for this exact card. Pop reports overstate the 10 rate, because people only send the copies they think are perfect. So our default takes about two thirds (65%) of the reported gem rate. Move the slider if your copy is flawless or off-centre.
Costs. PSA’s fee for the tier the card’s value at each grade requires (Standard covers up to $1,000; a $4,000 PSA 10 goes in at Super Express), plus about $15 shipping to PSA, $22 insured return and $5 of sleeves and supplies, split across the cards in your order. Selling fees (eBay: 13.25% + $0.40) come off every sale, raw or graded.
The answer. Expected value of grading minus what you’d net selling it raw today. The break-even gem rate is the chance of a 10 at which the two are equal. The PSA 9 check asks whether a 9 alone would still pay for itself.
Grading costs
Prices per card as published by each company. Several cheap tiers are paused, which is why many older calculators overstate profit. Full cost guide.
| Company | Service | Per card | Turnaround | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | Value Bulk | $24.99 | — | Paused |
| PSA | Standard | $59.99 | 90–100 business days | Open |
| PSA | Priority | $79.99 | 70–80 business days | Open |
| PSA | Express | $199 | 20–30 business days | Open |
| PSA | Super Express | $349 | 10–15 business days | Open |
| PSA | Premier | $599 | 7–10 business days | Open |
| CGC | Bulk (25+ cards) | $17 | 150 working days | Open |
| CGC | Economy | $20 | 90 working days | Open |
| CGC | Standard | $55 | 10 working days | Open |
| CGC | Express | $100 | 5 working days | Open |
| SGC | Standard (up to $1,500) | $50 | 40–50 business days | Temporary price |
| Beckett | Base (with subgrades) | $17.95 | 75+ business days | Waitlist |
| Beckett | Express | $79.95 | — | Open |
| TAG | Priority | $149 | — | Limited slots |
| ACE | Basic | £18 | — | Open |
Checked 26 Sept 2026 against each company’s published fees and hobby press. We update this table whenever a price changes.
Questions
Is Bulbasaur (Master Ball) 1 worth grading?
Data under review. The sold prices matched to this card don't line up across grades yet (not enough confirmed sales yet (ungraded 42, PSA 10 19, PSA 9 2; 5 each needed)), so we're not giving a verdict until they're checked. The numbers below are shown as recorded.
How much is a PSA 10 Bulbasaur (Master Ball) 1 worth?
The median PSA 10 sale is $79.99 over the last two years (29 sales), 3.1× the ungraded price of $26.01.
What are the odds of getting a PSA 10?
88% of the 4,061 copies PSA has graded came back a 10. Your own odds are lower unless your copy is flawless, because submitters pre-screen their cards.
Study tool, not financial advice. Prices move during the months a submission takes.