How much is a PSA 10 M Salamence EX #XY171?

A PSA 10 M Salamence EX #XY171 from Pokemon Promo is currently priced at $960 based on completed sales tracked on PokeInvest.

Is grading M Salamence EX #XY171 worth it?

With a raw price of $41 and a PSA 10 selling for $960, grading M Salamence EX #XY171 has a potential gross margin of $919 before PSA fees (from $59.99 a card, more for higher declared values). Use the PokeInvest PSA Calculator for a full ROI breakdown.

PSA 9 vs PSA 10 M Salamence EX #XY171: what's the price difference?

A PSA 10 M Salamence EX #XY171 sells for about $960 versus about $800 for a graded 9 (PSA, CGC and BGS 9 sales combined), so the 10 carries a 1.2x premium based on recent sales tracked on PokeInvest.

What's the raw price of M Salamence EX #XY171?

The raw (ungraded) price of M Salamence EX #XY171 from Pokemon Promo is currently $46, based on live market data tracked daily by PokeInvest.

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M Salamence EX #XY171

M Salamence EX #XY171 (Promo) sells for about $41.29 ungraded and $960 in PSA 10. PSA has graded 457 copies, 5 of them 10s. Prices are medians of completed sales, updated November 11, 2026.

Pokemon Promo

Market price

$41.29

11 sales · latest last week

Sales we held out are listed below, not counted here.

11 sold in 40 days · latest last week

$30.48 $79.79

Every sale is a completed listing. Click any line to open it.

Price by grade

1 from real sales · 4 est

Grade	PSA	CGC	BGS	SGC
10	$960.00 est · pop 5	$999.00 est · pop 2	$1,248 est	$576.00 est

Medians of completed sales — click one to see them. Arrows compare the last 90 days with the period before. last sold means one or two sales, so we show the most recent one rather than a median. est is an estimate we have not confirmed. pop is how many exist at that grade. How we price

Grade it? 1% of 457 PSA-graded copies came back a 10. Raw $41.29 → PSA 10 $960.00 est. Expected value after PSA's fee ($60): $-49.94 per copy.

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Sales volume: Top 40% of cards

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Price History

Raw PSA 10

Graded by

PSA

457

graded

1.1%

5 in PSA 10

CGC

67

graded

3.0%

2 at 10 or better

How CGC grades work

CGC grades above 9: Pristine sits above Gem Mint, Perfect above that.

Gem Mint 10 2 9 3

These are two different pools of submissions, so this compares what each grader did, not what either would do with the same card.

Population Distribution

PSA 10 5

PSA 9 54

PSA 8 120

PSA 7 156

PSA 6 71

PSA 5 29

PSA 4 10

PSA 3 4

PSA 2 2

PSA 1 5

CGC Gem Mint 10 2

CGC 9 3

CGC 8.5 16

CGC 8 17

CGC 7.5 9

CGC 7 6

CGC 6.5 4

CGC 6 4

CGC 5.5 1

CGC 5 1

CGC 4.5 1

CGC 4 1

CGC 3.5 1

CGC Authentic 1

67 graded by CGC

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