How much is a PSA 10 Piplup #42?

A PSA 10 Piplup #42 from Pokemon Promo is currently priced at $43 based on completed sales tracked on PokeInvest.

Is grading Piplup #42 worth it?

With a raw price of $11 and a PSA 10 selling for $43, grading Piplup #42 has a potential gross margin of $32 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 Piplup #42: what's the price difference?

A PSA 10 Piplup #42 sells for about $43 versus about $20 for a graded 9 (PSA, CGC and BGS 9 sales combined), so the 10 carries a 2.1x premium based on recent sales tracked on PokeInvest.

What's the raw price of Piplup #42?

The raw (ungraded) price of Piplup #42 from Pokemon Promo is currently $10, based on live market data tracked daily by PokeInvest.

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Piplup #42

Name: Piplup #42
Brand: Pokémon

Piplup #42 (Promo) sells for about $10.88 ungraded and $43 in PSA 10 (143 sales, latest Nov 5). PSA has graded 8,734 copies, 7,128 of them 10s. Prices are medians of completed sales, updated November 11, 2026.

Pokemon Promo

Ungraded

$10.88

120 sales

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

120 sold in 61 days · latest 4 days ago

$2.00 $60.00

10 sales well outside the rest ($3.25, $5.50, $4.25). A median is barely moved by them, which is why it is the number shown.

Also held for this card: 10 ACE 10, 2 ACE 9, 1 BGS 8.5, 1 BGS 9, 2 BGS 9.5, 25 CGC 10, 2 CGC 9, 3 CGC 9.5, 37 CGC Pristine 10, 143 PSA 10, 1 PSA 6, 1 PSA 8, 76 PSA 9, 15 TAG 10, 2 TAG 9. Priced separately, never mixed into this median.

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

Price by grade

10 from real sales · 1 est

Grade	PSA	CGC	BGS	ACE	TAG	SGC
10 Pristine	—	Buy ›	—	—	—	—
10	Buy ›	Buy ›	Buy ›	Buy ›	Buy ›	$26.00 est
9.5	—	Buy ›	Buy ›	—	—	—
9	Buy ›	Buy ›	Buy ›	Buy ›	Buy ›	—
8.5	—	—	Buy ›	—	—	—
8	Buy ›	—	—	—	—	—
6	Buy ›	—	—	—	—	—

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? 82% of 8,734 PSA-graded copies came back a 10. Raw $10.88 → PSA 10 $43.00. Expected value after PSA's fee ($60): $-32.11 per copy.

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Sales volume: Top 10% of cards

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Part of the MEP Black Star Promos. See the whole set →

Handed out with First Partner Illustration Collection Series 1.

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Price History

Raw PSA 10

Graded by

PSA

8,734

graded

81.6%

7128 in PSA 10

CGC

11,855

graded

82.0%

9721 at 10 or better

How CGC grades work

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

Pristine 10 4,368 Gem Mint 10 5,353 9.5 523 9 1,316

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 7128

PSA 9 1510

PSA 8 60

PSA 7 14

PSA 6 12

PSA 5 8

PSA 4 0

PSA 3 1

PSA 2 0

PSA 1 1

CGC Pristine 10 4368

CGC Gem Mint 10 5353

CGC 9.5 523

CGC 9 1316

CGC 8.5 175

CGC 8 64

CGC 7.5 21

CGC 7 8

CGC 6.5 4

CGC 6 3

CGC 5.5 2

CGC 5 1

CGC 2.5 1

CGC Authentic 16

11,855 graded by CGC

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