Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 8$375 sold · 90d · pop 317
- PSA 9$511 sold · 90d · pop 279
Why prices differ
TCGplayer's figure is what sellers are asking on their marketplace, not what copies sold for — an asking price sits above a completed sale because it is the start of a negotiation, not the end of one. Our price comes from those same completed sales, adjusted to Near Mint — the median below mixes every condition together, and most copies that change hands are played rather than mint. How we weigh them →
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Best of Game #3/9, 2002. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
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What's your copy worth?
✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Professor Elm is a Promo Pokémon card from Best of Game (#3, released 2002), illustrated by Ken Sugimori. It's a Trainer card. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 12 September 2026.
Professor Elm price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence16 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquid — Sells often
Real completed eBay sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title. Implausibly priced listings (lots, proxies, empty slabs) and wrong-variant sales are filtered out. Links to eBay are affiliate links — we may earn a commission.
By grade
- Raw$21.3028 sales · 16 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 8$39.805 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 9$85.224 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- PSA 7$27.094 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 9$31.804 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 10$1503 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 7.5$25.252 sales
- PSA 5$10.501 sale
Is Professor Elm worth grading?
Raw $36.49 → graded PSA 9 ≈ $50.87, after ~$70.5 grading fee → 1.4× the raw value.
Compare graders, and the live market
The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population report, the ROI table and the price ladder on this page all use. Trader prices all three graders against each other and adds what the asking market is doing right now.
- PSA, CGC and Beckett side by side — each on its own population and its own fees, with Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market actually pays for.
- Lightly and moderately played — the same expected return for a copy that cannot gem.
- Ask vs sold — what the live listings want, against what copies have really closed at.
- Momentum — the 30-day median against the 90-day, per grade.
- Where it sells higher — the Fanatics-versus-eBay premium, with the sale counts behind it.
- Population history — the weekly PSA census, so you can see how fast 10s are arriving before you post the card.
The odds
Professor Elm is a Commoncard — a guaranteed slot in every pack, not a rarity gamble, so there's no pull-odds figure for it.
Estimates only. Pack odds come from CardTrack's pack model (the same one behind the pack simulator) — not an official rate. Grading odds are the real cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies, so it overstates the true first-submission gem rate. Full grade-by-grade breakdown below.
Grade-by-grade ROI & risk-adjusted outcomesNet vs raw per target grade, plus the probability-weighted distribution
| Target grade | Est. value | Grading fee | Net vs raw | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 9 | $50.87 | $71 | −$56 | 1.4× |
| PSA 8 | $37.20 | $70 | −$70 | 1.0× |
Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-08-26; the paused PSA Value tier is excluded so this isn't overstated. Real outcome depends on the grade achieved; PSA 10 is best-case.
Population across gradersPSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — every grade, with gem rates
13 of the 791 PSA-graded Professor Elm copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 1.6%. The rest graded lower.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 791.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 8.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Professor Elm 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 9pop 279 | $51$43–$59 | |
| PSA 8pop 317 | $37$32–$43 | |
| PSA 7pop 118 | modelled$16$11–$17 | |
| PSA 6pop 39 | modelled$7$7–$11 | |
| PSA 5pop 17 | modelled$7$5–$8 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
39% spreadCurrently 39% cheaper on PriceCharting than TCGplayer. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.
Market signal
Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
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Other Professor Elm cards
There are 2 different Professor Elm printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Best of Game #3 (Promo).
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Professor Elm (Best of Game #3) worth?
As of 12 September 2026, Professor Elm from Best of Game is worth approximately $36.49 ungraded (near-mint). Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.
Is Professor Elm rare?
Professor Elm is a Promo card from Best of Game (card #3).
How do I know if my Professor Elm is Reverse Holo?
The card body, not the picture: Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.
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