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Surfing Pikachu V — Celebrations #8, PSA 9

Rare Holo VCelebrations8/252021PSA 9

Surfing Pikachu V 8/25 · Celebrations PSA 9 price

PSA 9 · mint slab

$42

Fair buy $30 · sell $429.6× rawUpdated

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  • Raw NM$4
  • PSA 9this page$429.6×
  • PSA 10$20046×
PSA 9 sales
36
6 cert-verified
Last 90 days
17
sells regularly
Confidence
High
17 sales in 90 days, closely clustered.
Latest sale
13d ago
one every ~1d
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PSA 9 slabs for sale right now

Live asks for a PSA 9 of this exact card · stock as of . A raw copy or a reverse holo is a different product and is not in this list.

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Why $42? Cert-verified PSA 9 sales

Each sale is tied by PSA to a specific graded slab — click the cert to check the exact card, grade and serial on psacard.com. Outliers against the grade’s own median are dropped; qualified slabs are listed separately beneath.

DateSold viaCertPrice
2026-09-19eBay · auctionlisting#172423936$42
2026-09-18eBay · fixedpricelisting#160424526$100
2026-09-17eBay · bestofferlisting#169624030$40
2026-09-17Fanatics · fixedprice#159601155$24
2026-09-17Fanatics · fixedprice#159601158$24
2026-09-17eBay · fixedpricelisting#145461069$58

1 of 6 were competitive auctions; 1 best offers and 4 fixed-price. A PSA 9 copy trades roughly every 1 days, the median gap between cert-verified sales.

PSA 9 price history

Monthly medians of cert-verified PSA 9 sales — 706 sales across 42 months, Dec 2021 to Sep 2026.

PSA 9 · index · latest

$42▲ 230%over 5 years

2021-10-01 → 2026-09-22

$20
$40
$60
$80
Oct 20212023202420252026Sept 2026Raw NM2021-10-01 · $132021-11-01 · $122021-12-01 · $792022-01-01 · $292022-02-01 · $292022-03-01 · $792022-04-01 · $532022-05-01 · $182022-06-01 · $172022-07-01 · $172022-08-01 · $172022-09-01 · $152022-10-01 · $112022-11-01 · $112022-12-01 · $152023-01-01 · $142023-02-01 · $142023-03-01 · $132023-04-01 · $122023-05-01 · $122023-06-01 · $182023-07-01 · $152023-08-01 · $142023-09-01 · $142023-10-01 · $122023-11-01 · $122023-12-01 · $142024-01-01 · $122024-02-01 · $142024-03-01 · $142024-04-01 · $152024-05-01 · $152024-06-01 · $172024-07-01 · $172024-08-01 · $162024-09-01 · $122024-10-01 · $132024-11-01 · $152024-12-01 · $142025-01-01 · $152025-02-01 · $172025-03-01 · $222025-04-01 · $182025-05-01 · $172025-06-01 · $172025-07-01 · $162025-08-01 · $162025-09-01 · $202025-10-01 · $192025-11-01 · $172025-12-01 · $202026-01-01 · $192026-02-01 · $222026-03-01 · $232026-04-01 · $242026-05-01 · $252026-07-01 · $282026-07-14 · $222026-07-22 · $222026-07-23 · $292026-07-24 · $292026-07-25 · $292026-07-26 · $292026-07-27 · $292026-07-28 · $292026-07-29 · $292026-07-30 · $292026-07-31 · $292026-08-01 · $292026-08-02 · $292026-08-03 · $292026-08-04 · $252026-08-05 · $252026-08-06 · $252026-08-07 · $252026-08-08 · $252026-08-09 · $252026-08-10 · $252026-08-11 · $252026-08-12 · $252026-08-13 · $252026-08-14 · $252026-08-15 · $252026-08-16 · $252026-08-17 · $252026-08-18 · $252026-08-19 · $252026-08-20 · $292026-08-21 · $292026-08-22 · $292026-08-23 · $292026-08-25 · $292026-08-26 · $292026-08-27 · $292026-08-29 · $292026-08-30 · $292026-08-31 · $292026-09-01 · $292026-09-02 · $292026-09-03 · $272026-09-04 · $272026-09-05 · $272026-09-06 · $272026-09-07 · $272026-09-08 · $272026-09-09 · $272026-09-10 · $272026-09-11 · $272026-09-12 · $272026-09-13 · $272026-09-14 · $292026-09-15 · $292026-09-16 · $342026-09-17 · $352026-09-18 · $352026-09-19 · $422026-09-20 · $422026-09-21 · $422026-09-22 · $42
The recorded PSA 9 price index, held at the last cert-verified sale where our record lagged it, closing on the figure above.

Latest $35 (Sep 2026, 34 sales) · ▼ 62% since Dec 2021

Slab history — PSA 9 copies that have sold more than once

23 slabs have sold more than once, across 23 resales — typically 95 days apart, with a median gross price change of +45.8%. That is 23 of the 664 distinct slabs behind 709 cert-linked sales at this grade — 3.5%. The rest we have seen sell once, which is not evidence they have not sold before.

CertSales of this slabBetweenGross change
#147174961Jul 2026 $30→Sept 2026 $31Under 3 months+3.3%
#146547982Jun 2026 $28→Sept 2026 $57Under 3 months+106.5%
#143805936Mar 2026 $21→Sept 2026 $406–12 months+86.9%
#138415411Mar 2026 $18→Aug 2026 $403–6 months+117.3%
#146983982Apr 2026 $28→Aug 2026 $253–6 months-10.7%
#101209702Mar 2025 $18→Aug 2026 $25Over a year+38.9%
#147537108Jun 2026 $24→Aug 2026 $35Under 3 months+45.8%
#131678462May 2026 $18→Jul 2026 $30Under 3 months+66.7%
#119596350Aug 2025 $11→Jul 2026 $256–12 months+138.1%
#124918712Jan 2026 $24→May 2026 $233–6 months-6.6%

Showing the 10 most recent of 23 slabs with a history. A cert reappearing shows the same physical slab sold again — it identifies no buyer or seller. Gross change is price to price; fees, shipping and the grading cost are not in it.

Every PSA 9 sale we can show you

Cert-verified sales, the eBay comps, our own ledger and Fanatics, in one list newest first. We hold 36 PSA 9 sales with a median of $31; the ledger names its most recent eight, which is what this table can link to. Fanatics alone: 13 PSA 9 sales, 3 in the last 90 days.

Item soldGradeVenueDateCertificatePrice
2021 Pokémon Celebrations Surfing Pikachu V 8/25 · PSA 9PSA 9eBayAuction2026-09-19172423936$42.00
2021 Pokémon Celebrations Surfing Pikachu V 8/25 · PSA 9PSA 9eBayFixedPrice2026-09-18160424526$100
2021 Pokémon Celebrations Surfing Pikachu V 8/25 · PSA 9PSA 9eBayFixedPrice2026-09-17145461069$57.70
2021 Pokémon Celebrations Surfing Pikachu V 8/25 · PSA 9PSA 9Fanatics CollectFixedPrice2026-09-17159601158$24.00
2021 Pokémon Celebrations Surfing Pikachu V 8/25 · PSA 9PSA 9Fanatics CollectFixedPrice2026-09-17159601155$24.00
2021 Pokémon Celebrations Surfing Pikachu V 8/25 · PSA 9PSA 9eBayBestOffer2026-09-17169624030$40.00
Pokemon Celebrations Surfing Pikachu V 008/025 PSA 9PSA 9eBay2026-09-09—$32.00
2021 POKEMON CELEBRATIONS #008 SURFING PIKACHU V PSA 9PSA 9eBay2026-09-09—$44.99

1–8 of 22 sales · 6 carry a PSA certificate, checkable on psacard.com.

The ledger’s PSA 9 median ($31) sits below the published price above. The median is every recorded sale weighted equally; the price is the cert-verified market with outliers and qualified slabs removed, and is what the latest sales support.

How many PSA 9 copies exist

PSA’s cumulative census for this card. It counts resubmissions, so it skews toward nicer copies and overstates the rate a fresh submission should expect.

PSA 9 population

3,421

45.8% of 7,462 graded

Graded higher

3,174

PSA 10s above this grade

Total PSA graded

7,462

every grade, all time

Other graders at a 9: CGC 1,569 of 4,913 · TAG 74 of 141. A CGC or BGS 9 is its own market and is not in the price above.

Is Surfing Pikachu V worth grading?

Every grade weighted by how often this card actually earns it — the PSA 9 outcome is one leg, not the whole answer.

Verdict

Worth it

every grade weighted by its census share

Expected net

$33

after fees, all grades

Comes back PSA 9

4500%

of submissions, by the census

PSA 9 outcome

$-33

PSA 9 net of raw and fee

Grading cost

$71

tier fee + shipping

Trader

Compare graders, and the live market

The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population, the ROI table and the ladder on this page all use. Trader prices all three graders against each other and adds what the asking market is doing right now.

Trader plan and above →
  • PSA, CGC and Beckett side by side — each on its own population and fees, Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market 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.

Built on 327 graded sales and a population of 4,416,121 · fees as of 2026-09-21.

More Surfing Pikachu V and more from Celebrations

Prices are raw near mint; PSA 10 shown where we have one.

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Frequently asked questions

How much is a PSA 9 Surfing Pikachu V (Celebrations #8) worth?

As of 22 September 2026, a PSA 9 mint Surfing Pikachu V from Celebrations is worth approximately $42, with a fair range of $30 to $42 — about 9.6× the $4 raw near-mint price.

Where does the PSA 9 price come from?

From 6 cert-verified PSA 9 sales, each tied by PSA to a specific slab with a public cert number — 1 at auction, 1 by best offer and 4 at a fixed price. A PSA 9 copy trades roughly every 1 days.

How many PSA 9 Surfing Pikachu V exist?

PSA has graded 3,421 copies of Surfing Pikachu V (Celebrations #8) a 9, out of 7,462 submitted — 45.8% of the population, with 3,174 graded higher. The census counts resubmissions, so it overstates the gem rate a fresh submission should expect.

Should I grade my Surfing Pikachu V hoping for a PSA 9?

Probably yes. Weighting every grade by how often this card earns it, expected value after the $71 grading fee is about $33; this card comes back a PSA 9 about 4500% of the time.

Is a PSA 9 Surfing Pikachu V a good investment?

CardTrack tracks prices; it does not give investment advice. A PSA 9 Surfing Pikachu V has 36 recorded sales, 17 of them in the last 90 days, and the slab-history table above shows what happened to copies that sold twice. Read those before you read anyone's forecast.