Best Cards to Grade in Base Set
64 Base Set cards ranked by grading ROI. Chansey 003/102 (First Edition Stamp) leads at 19.1x ($353.15 raw vs $102,500.00 in PSA 10). Live prices, PSA gem rates and population.
ROI is the PSA 10 price against the raw price plus grading cost and PSA's value-tier upcharge, from live market prices and PSA population data. Cards are ranked highest ROI first.
| Rank | Card | Raw | PSA 10 | Gem rate | PSA 10 pop | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chansey 003/102 (First Edition Stamp) | $353.15 | $102,500.00 | 19.1x | ||
| 2 | Charizard 004/102 (First Edition Stamp) | $9,605.50 | $343,098.00 | 17.5x | ||
| 3 | Blastoise 002/102 (First Edition Stamp) | $1,320.76 | $73,810.00 | 28.0% | 23 | 17.1x |
| 4 | Mewtwo 010/102 (First Edition Stamp) | $366.09 | $54,069.56 | 16.1x | ||
| 5 | Ninetales 012/102 (First Edition Stamp) | $430.79 | $22,311.86 | 15.6x | ||
| 6 | Raichu 014/102 (First Edition Stamp) | $350.00 | $20,740.00 | 15.4x | ||
| 7 | Chansey 003/102 | $62.64 | $9,760.00 | 14.7x | ||
| 8 | Hitmonchan 007/102 (First Edition Stamp) | $293.57 | $18,500.00 | 14.3x | ||
| 9 | Hitmonchan 007/102 | $19.74 | $2,380.23 | 14.0x | ||
| 10 | Machamp 008/102 (First Edition Stamp) | $15.00 | $4,829.00 | 12.3% | 9 | 13.2x |
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