2023 Pokémon 151 Charizard ex #199/165
Special Illustration Rare from Scarlet & Violet—151. This profile tests the IQCardGuide value methodology using completed-sale evidence and percentage premiums instead of treating one slab price as “the value.”
Start with the raw market.
Snapshot checked September 13, 2026. Values can move quickly; use this page as evidence, not a guaranteed sale price.
Why $360? We use a broad recent raw baseline rather than one unusually high or low transaction. Exact condition still matters, especially for an ungraded card.
How much more has a top grade been worth?
Percentages are measured against the $360 comparable-raw baseline. We do not imply that a PSA 10, BGS 10, CGC 10, SGC 10 or TAG 10 represents the same grading standard.
| Grade | Premium vs. raw | Recent evidence | IQ confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | +317% | 148 sales reported in 90d | Strong |
| BGS 10 | Limited data | Recent completed sales are too thin for a stable current percentage | Limited |
| BGS 9.5 | +40%* | Small exact-card sample across an extended window | Limited |
| CGC 10 | +88% | 42 sales reported in 90d | Strong |
| SGC 10 | Limited data | Only a very small recent sample was visible | Limited |
| TAG 10 | +261% | 19 sales reported in 90d | Strong |
*BGS 9.5 is shown because it is an important Beckett market outcome, but the sample is much thinner and spans a longer period than the stronger buckets. We therefore label it limited rather than present it with the same confidence as PSA 10, CGC 10 or TAG 10.
Read the value methodology →The market is active—and scattered.
Recent raw and PSA 10 transactions show why one sale should never define the market. The examples below are supporting evidence, not the entire comp set.
Displayed transactions are examples from public sales trackers and grader sales history. The percentage table relies on broader grade-level snapshots where available.
How to evaluate sold comps →Grader premiums can diverge sharply.
That is exactly why IQCardGuide compares percentages by grader instead of saying “a 10 is worth X.”
Buy the card you actually want.
If the slab label matters less than the card itself, the large premium for certain 10s may not improve your enjoyment.
Liquidity matters with the premium.
A larger percentage premium is more meaningful when there are enough transactions to show a repeatable market.
Do not price from the best-case grade.
Profitability depends on acquisition cost, grading cost, grade probability, fees and how quickly the slab can actually sell.
Where this snapshot came from.
IQCardGuide cross-checks exact-card identity and completed-sale evidence instead of relying on an asking-price widget.
High-volume buckets
CardTrack reported a $360 raw snapshot with 252 raw sales in 90 days, PSA 10 at $1,500 with 148 sales, CGC 10 at $676 with 42 sales, and TAG 10 at $1,300 with 19 sales.
Cross-checks & thin buckets
PSA's own cert pages show recent PSA 10 sales around the same range. Fanatics Collect provides exact-card BGS 9.5 sales history. Card Ladder and PriceCharting help identify thin SGC 10 and BGS 10 markets.
Third-party trackers can misclassify listings. IQCardGuide treats them as evidence sources, not infallible databases, and downgrades confidence when match quality or sample size is weak.
Strong data earns a number.
Thin data earns a warning.
This first real profile is intentionally incomplete where the market evidence is incomplete. We would rather display “limited data” than manufacture a precise percentage.
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