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Wartortle — Base #42, 1st Edition printing

The 1st edition printing itself, not the standard card.

UncommonBase42/10219991st Edition

Wartortle 42/102 · Base 1st Edition price

Raw 1st edition · near mint

Not enough clean sales

Recent sales $4 – $231Updated

Our 1st edition raw figure sits below the median of 3 PSA 1–3 sales of this printing ($135), and a slabbed low grade does not outsell a near-mint raw copy — so it is withheld until clean raw sales settle it.

Every printing, raw

  • Unlimitedhub$5.61
  • 1st Editionthis pagenot enough clean sales
  • Shadowlessnot enough clean sales
1st Edition sales
38
any condition, whole bake · 27 near mint
Last 90 days
38
sells often · 16 in 30
Fanatics, this printing
24
8 in 90 days
Latest sale
11 Oct 2026
1st edition

PSA population128 PSA 10s2,726 gradedHistorical PSA 10 rate 4.7%as of What the rate means →

ViewingRaw 1st EditionPSA 10 1st Edition →PSA 9 1st Edition →Full Wartortle overview →

A 1st edition is a different product from the standard Wartortle, priced from its own sales. An estimate, not an appraisal. How we price →

1st Edition copies for sale right now

Live asks whose title names the 1st edition. Standard-printing copies are not in this list.

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Graded slabs

Stock as of .

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1st Edition price history

1st Edition raw price history, 2021-01-01 to 2026-07-01 — closing on the figure above.

Raw 1st Edition · latest

$70▲ 5%over 366 days

2025-06-30 → 2026-07-01

$60
$65
$70
$75
30 JunAugSeptOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun1 Jul
This printing's own raw series, anchored to the current value above. The line is the running level, so a single unusually cheap or dear sale does not spike it. Hover any day for its price on the line.

About the 1st Edition printing

Which object this page prices — and how to tell it from the standard Wartortle.

The 1st Edition Wartortle carries the first-print stamp on the left of the card, from the earliest Base print run before the unlimited reprint. Scarcer than unlimited by construction and priced as a separate product at every grade.

How to tell · bottom-left of the illustration window

A black “EDITION 1” stamp sits to the left of the picture, between the illustration and the card's lower text. No stamp means it is not 1st Edition, whatever else the listing says.

Search term sellers use: 1st edition

1st Edition population

How many copies each grader has graded, every grade, all time. A population counts what has been graded, not every copy that exists, and resubmissions count again.

PSA graded
2,726
PSA 10
128
PSA 9
764
Historical PSA 10 rate
4.7%
PSA 10s of all graded
Every PSA grade (12)
PSA population by grade
GradeCopiesShare
101284.7%
976428.0%
8.5110.4%
867024.6%
7.51<0.1%
751018.7%
633112.1%
51826.7%
4752.8%
3261.0%
2150.6%
1230.8%

PSA’s count of 28 Sept 2026. Each grade’s own count and price: PSA 10 1st Edition · PSA 9 1st Edition. How population is measured →

1st Edition graded prices

Specific to the 1st edition printing: its own graded-sales ladder, refereed by our sales of this printing where we have five or more at a grade, with PriceCharting as the cross-reference. Each rung says which.

  • PSA 7$164our sales
  • PSA 8$249our sales
  • PSA 9$565our salespage →
  • PSA 10$12,600our salespage →
  • BGS 10$11,905PriceCharting

Where a range is shown it is the recent low–high sale spread at that grade.

Every 1st Edition sale we can show you

Cert-verified sales and Fanatics’ sales re-homed to this printing, newest first. A cert number means PSA tied the sale to a specific 1st edition slab: click it to check on psacard.com. Standard-printing sales are on the card’s main page, not here.

Item soldGradeVenueDateCertificatePrice
1999 Pokemon Base Set Shadowless 1st Edition Wartortle #42 CGC 8.5 NM-MT+CGC 8.5FanaticsAuction2026-10-05—$110
1999 Pokémon Base Wartortle 42/102 1st Edition · PSA 9PSA 9eBayBestOffer2026-10-0355378404$600
1999 Pokémon Base Wartortle 42/102 1st Edition · PSA 5PSA 5eBayAuction2026-10-02162563196$61.18
1999 Pokémon Base Wartortle 42/102 1st Edition · PSA 9PSA 9eBayBestOffer2026-10-01122272214$1,150
1999 Pokémon Base Wartortle 42/102 1st Edition · PSA 9PSA 9eBayAuction2026-09-2924863456$474
1999 Pokémon Base Wartortle 42/102 1st Edition · PSA 9PSA 9eBayAuction2026-09-2382494458$525
1999 Pokémon Base Wartortle 42/102 1st Edition · PSA 6PSA 6eBayAuction2026-09-2058529152$100
1999 Pokémon Base Wartortle 42/102 1st Edition · PSA 5PSA 5eBayBestOffer2026-09-20141562697$99.99

1–8 of 51 sales · 40 carry a PSA certificate, checkable on psacard.com.

More Wartortle and more from Base

Prices are raw near mint of the standard printing; PSA 10 shown where we have one.

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Wartortle (Base #42) — 1st Edition raw near-mint market value not published (not enough clean sales). Source: CardTrack, https://cardtrack.com/pokemon/card/base/wartortle-42/1st-edition

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Frequently asked questions

How much is the 1st Edition Wartortle (Base #42) worth?

We do not hold a price for the 1st Edition Wartortle yet. The standard printing is $6 raw, but a 1st edition is a different product and that figure does not apply to it.

How do I tell the 1st Edition Wartortle from the standard one?

Bottom-left of the illustration window: A black “EDITION 1” stamp sits to the left of the picture, between the illustration and the card's lower text. No stamp means it is not 1st Edition, whatever else the listing says.

What is a PSA 10 1st Edition Wartortle worth?

About $12,600. PSA grades this card a 10 about 5% of the time.