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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 median in the recorded sale sample. The leader in this recorded sample is Charizard 4/102, with a PSA 6 median around $9,544 in the recorded historical sale sample.
Ranked by highest per-grade median from recorded historical eBay sales. These medians do not show current asking prices.
| Rank | Item | Context | Grade median | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Charizard 4/102 card | Base Set 1st Ed · 1999 · 1st Edition | $9,544 PSA 6 | 6 |
| #2 | Venusaur 15/102 card | Base Set 1st Ed · 1999 · 1st Edition | $5,900 CGC 9.5 | 6 |
| #3 | Blastoise 2/102 card | Base Set 1st Ed · 1999 · 1st Edition | $3,934 PSA 8 | 6 |
| #4 | Machamp 8/102 card | Base Set 1st Ed · 1999 · 1st Edition | $900 CGC 10 | 6 |
| #5 | Mewtwo 10/102 card | Base Set 1st Ed · 1999 · 1st Edition | $810 PSA 3 | 6 |
| #6 | Ninetales 12/102 card | Base Set · 1999 · Regular | $795 SGC 8 | 6 |
| #7 | Charizard 4/130 card | Base Set 2 · 2000 · Regular | $443 PSA 7 | 6 |
| #8 | Alakazam 1/102 card | Base Set · 1999 · Regular | $442 PSA 8 | 6 |
| #9 | Raichu 14/102 card | Base Set · 1999 · Regular | $365 PSA 9 | 6 |
| #10 | Gyarados 6/102 card | Base Set · 1999 · Regular | $250 CGC 8.5 | 6 |
| #11 | Zapdos 16/102 card | Base Set · 1999 · Regular | $168 CGC 9 | 6 |
| #12 | Chansey 3/102 card | Base Set · 1999 · Regular | $130 PSA 8 | 6 |
| #13 | Nidoking 11/102 card | Base Set · 1999 · Regular | $113 PSA 8 | 6 |
| #14 | Hitmonchan 7/102 card | Base Set · 1999 · Regular | $100 PSA 8 | 6 |
| #15 | Clefairy 5/102 card | Base Set · 1999 · Regular | $87 PSA 7 | 6 |
| #16 | Magneton 9/102 card | Base Set · 1999 · Regular | $64 PSA 8 | 5 |
| #17 | Poliwrath 13/102 card | Base Set · 1999 · Regular | $48 PSA 6 | 6 |