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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 Blastoise 2/102, with a PSA 9 median around $12,500 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.
| Rank | Item | Context | Grade median | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Blastoise 2/102 card | Base Set 1st Ed · 1999 · 1st Edition | $12,500 PSA 9 | 6 |
| #2 | Charizard 4/102 card | Base Set 1st Ed · 1999 · 1st Edition | $9,544 PSA 6 | 6 |
| #3 | Raichu 14/102 card | Base Set · 1999 · Regular | $7,500 CGC 10 | 6 |
| #4 | Venusaur 15/102 card | Base Set 1st Ed · 1999 · 1st Edition | $5,900 CGC 9.5 | 6 |
| #5 | Mewtwo 10/102 card | Base Set 1st Ed · 1999 · 1st Edition | $2,358 PSA 7 | 6 |
| #6 | Chansey 3/102 card | Base Set · 1999 · Regular | $1,800 CGC 9 | 6 |
| #7 | Poliwrath 13/102 card | Base Set · 1999 · Regular | $1,700 PSA 8 | 6 |
| #8 | Ninetales 12/102 card | Base Set · 1999 · Regular | $1,600 PSA 8 | 6 |
| #9 | Alakazam 1/102 card | Base Set · 1999 · Regular | $1,495 PSA 9 | 6 |
| #10 | Gyarados 6/102 card | Base Set · 1999 · Regular | $800 PSA 4 | 6 |
| #11 | Machamp 8/102 card | Base Set 1st Ed · 1999 · 1st Edition | $799 CGC 10 | 6 |
| #12 | Charizard 4/130 card | Base Set 2 · 2000 · Regular | $537 CGC 8.5 | 6 |
| #13 | Zapdos 16/102 card | Base Set · 1999 · Regular | $439 PSA 4 | 6 |
| #14 | Hitmonchan 7/102 card | Base Set · 1999 · Regular | $238 PSA 9 | 6 |
| #15 | Magneton 9/102 card | Base Set · 1999 · Regular | $213 PSA 1 | 6 |
| #16 | Nidoking 11/102 card | Base Set · 1999 · Regular | $115 CGC 9 | 6 |
| #17 | Clefairy 5/102 card | Base Set · 1999 · Regular | $80 PSA 5 | 6 |