Ratio to get PSA 10 from Sealed 1999 Pikachu CD Promo?

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Hi, one of my goals is to own Charizard, Blastoise, Venusaur CD Promo in PSA 10 copies.

I checked on the PSA website, the average price in PSA 10 is:

Charizard $ 650
Blastoise $ 400
Venerea 350 $

the total would be $ 1400.
Unfortunately I am based in Europe and people tend to overestimate everything here because there is not much supply. Just a quick example, Charizard alone costs 1300 € (1417 $)!

So maybe I should buy the sealed 1999 Pikachu CD Promo, open it and send to grade by myself . I did some research and found it for around 850 $. Is that price good?

How is the ratio to get psa 10 from an open sealed one? If it’s over 60% chance, I would choose this way. Tell me your experience!

Please reply only if you have opened a sealed one and send to grade.

Thank you.

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You save yourself a lot of time and most likely a lot more money by just buying already graded PSA 10 copies. I don’t know what kind of print quality 1999 CD Promos had but just thinking about the fact that the cards are over 20 years old I personally wouldn’t like the odds with grading PSA 10.

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@yamahap45, Its a crapshoot I have opened a few of these and the quality varies. It is by no means a guarantee that you will receive any 10’s. The biggest issue I have run into is centering.

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Why not just buy the cards from the us for cheaper?

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There are multiple in auction. This one was most likely graded by Gary in the 90s: ebay.us/xvfTTZ

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This is a good topic, does PSA even grade the Pikachu cd promos? I dont see it on the list

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PSA can’t tell the difference between them and a regular shadowless copy, so no. CGC and Beckett both designate them however.

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Thanks for the clarification.

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I opened a sealed one and the cards were OC and got 9s. With my n=1 sample size I can confidently say that they are all off center.

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After customs, import taxes, shipping etc. you are probably back at the crazy European prices or over…

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True :slightly_frowning_face:.

When all those cards submitted from Gradedgem and Ludkins Eu will back in Europe I hope will be a lot available.

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Excellent proof by induction, can’t argue with that logic

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See now I opened one and only graded the Pikachu which got a 10 therefore I can confidently say all of the Pikas are 10s.

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I had pretty good luck, think I opened around 15 a bunch of years ago when they were $50-$75 a piece, but can’t remember the ratio. I will say there is no such thing as a “sealed” copy and with how people are these days, I can just imagine them opening, checking the centering/condition and closing it back up.

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I opened one and the only 10’s i hit were charizard and arcanine. Rest were a range from 5-9 lol

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