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Most Valuable Pokémon Base Set Cards

Base Set demand splits sharply by card, edition, and grade. This table ranks cataloged Base Set cards by their highest per-grade 90-day median sold price. The current leader is Charizard 4/102, with a BGS 8.5 median around $25,967 in the baked 90-day sold-comp sample.

Ranked by highest per-grade median from verified eBay sold listings in the current 90-day baked comp sample.

RankItemContextGrade medianSales
#1Charizard 4/102

card

Base Set 1st Ed · 1999 · 1st Edition$25,967

BGS 8.5

6
#2Blastoise 2/102

card

Base Set 1st Ed · 1999 · 1st Edition$12,100

PSA 9

6
#3Venusaur 15/102

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Base Set 1st Ed · 1999 · 1st Edition$8,900

PSA 9

6
#4Chansey 3/102

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Base Set · 1999 · Regular$8,700

PSA 10

6
#5Raichu 14/102

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Base Set · 1999 · Regular$3,979

PSA 9

6
#6Mewtwo 10/102

card

Base Set 1st Ed · 1999 · 1st Edition$3,442

PSA 9

6
#7Clefairy 5/102

card

Base Set · 1999 · Regular$295

PSA 9

6
#8Machamp 8/102

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Base Set 1st Ed · 1999 · 1st Edition$267

PSA 8

6
#9Hitmonchan 7/102

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Base Set · 1999 · Regular$199

PSA 8

6
#10Gyarados 6/102

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Base Set · 1999 · Regular$150

PSA 8

6
#11Alakazam 1/102

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Base Set · 1999 · Regular$148

PSA 8

6
#12Ninetales 12/102

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Base Set · 1999 · Regular$116

CGC 7.5

6