Venusaur — Expedition Base Set #30, PSA 9

Rare HoloExpedition Base Set30/1652002PSA 9

Venusaur 30/165 · Expedition Base Set PSA 9 price

PSA 9 · mint slab

$925

Fair buy $484 · sell $9255.6× rawUpdated today

Grade vs rawFull ladder →

Raw NM$165
PSA 9this page$9255.6×
PSA 10$14,85090×

PSA 9 sales: 23; 6 cert-verified
Last 90 days: 17; sells regularly
Confidence: High; 17 sales in 90 days, closely clustered.
Latest sale: 8d ago; one every ~1d

ViewingPSA 9Raw / ungraded →PSA 10 →Reverse Holo PSA 9 $366 →

Our published graded price for this card, checked against every cert-verified sale below. An estimate, not an appraisal. How we price →

Set a price alert

We'll email you when this card's value crosses your target.

Alert me when the priceNo password needed — we'll set up your free account.

PSA 9 slabs for sale right now

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

Affiliate links — CardTrack may earn a commission from eBay and other marketplaces, at no extra cost to you. Prices shown across this page are sold-based, not sponsored placements.

PSA 9 · buy now

Venusaur 30/165 - PSA 9 - Pokémon Expedition - Holo - 2002 - E Reader - MintPSA 9eBay$1,589

Cheapest ask $1,589 — 72% above our PSA 9 estimate of $925

Buy from here

TCGplayer$188 ebay Fanatics

Affiliate links — CardTrack may earn a commission from eBay and other marketplaces, at no extra cost to you.

Buy#adCardTrack earns a commission on purchasesTCGplayer$188 ebay Fanatics

Why $925? 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.

Date	Sold via	Cert	Price
2026-09-24	eBay · fixedprice	listing #59158343 sold before	$925
2026-09-24	eBay · bestoffer	listing #133261101	$1,500
2026-09-24	eBay · fixedprice	listing #80209178	$1,059
2026-09-23	eBay · bestoffer	listing #49862961 sold before	$1,150
2026-09-20	eBay · auction	listing #169161516	$1,080
2026-09-20	eBay · bestoffer	listing #48559119 sold before	$850

1 of 6 were competitive auctions; 3 best offers and 2 fixed-price. A PSA 9 copy trades roughly every 1 days, the median gap between cert-verified sales.

PSA 9 price history

Quarterly medians of cert-verified PSA 9 sales — 131 sales across 29 quarters, Q4 2017 to Q3 2026.

PSA 9 · index · latest

$925▲ 260%over 366 days

2025-10-03 → 2026-10-04

The recorded PSA 9 price index, held at the last cert-verified sale where our record lagged it, closing on the figure 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.

Latest $825 (Q3 2026, 16 sales) · ▲ 1373% since Q4 2017

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

22 slabs have sold more than once, across 26 resales — typically 257 days apart, with a median gross price change of +75.8%. That is 22 of the 102 distinct slabs behind 131 cert-linked sales at this grade — 21.6%. The rest we have seen sell once, which is not evidence they have not sold before.

Cert	Sales of this slab	Between	Gross change
#59158343	Nov 2025 $239→Sept 2026 $925	6–12 months	+286.5%
#49862961	Oct 2025 $290→Mar 2026 $750→Sept 2026 $1,150	3–6 months	+296.6%
#48559119	May 2021 $299→Sept 2026 $850	Over a year	+184.3%
#70219539	Apr 2026 $519→Sept 2026 $799	3–6 months	+53.9%
#79902262	Jul 2026 $592→Sept 2026 $715	Under 3 months	+20.8%
#123666607	Nov 2025 $243→Aug 2026 $800	6–12 months	+229.9%
#51959332	Jul 2025 $249→Aug 2026 $585	Over a year	+134.9%
#75824259	Apr 2025 $204→Sept 2025 $222→Jun 2026 $629	6–12 months	+208.3%
#78846176	Aug 2025 $250→Mar 2026 $425→May 2026 $850	Under 3 months	+240.0%
#44671919	Jul 2020 $200→May 2026 $631	Over a year	+215.5%

Showing the 10 most recent of 22 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 23 PSA 9 sales with a median of $850; the ledger names its most recent eight, which is what this table can link to.

GraderGradeCert-verified only 6

	Grade	Venue	Date	Certificate	Price
Venusaur 30/165 PSA 9 Holo Rare Expedition EX Pokemon English 2002 E Reader VTG	PSA 9	eBay	2026-09-27	—	$1,525
PSA 9 Venusaur 30/165 Expedition E Series 2002 Pokemon Card Holo MINT	PSA 9	eBay	2026-09-24	—	$1,060
2002 Pokémon Expedition Base Set Venusaur 30/165 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayFixedPrice	2026-09-24	80209178	$1,059
2002 Pokémon Expedition Base Set Venusaur 30/165 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayBestOffer	2026-09-24	133261101	$1,500
2002 Pokémon Expedition Base Set Venusaur 30/165 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayFixedPrice	2026-09-24	59158343	$925
2002 POKEMON EXPEDITION #30 VENUSAUR-HOLO PSA 9 TWO SWIRLS RARE	PSA 9	eBay	2026-09-23	—	$1,200
2002 Pokémon Expedition Base Set Venusaur 30/165 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayBestOffer	2026-09-23	49862961	$1,150
2002 POKEMON EXPEDITION #30 VENUSAUR-HOLO PSA 9	PSA 9	eBay	2026-09-20	—	$900
2002 Pokémon Expedition Base Set Venusaur 30/165 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayBestOffer	2026-09-20	48559119	$850
2002 Pokémon Expedition Base Set Venusaur 30/165 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayAuction	2026-09-20	169161516	$1,080
2002 Pokemon Expedition # 30 Venusaur Holo PSA 9 Card MINT Rare! Trusted Seller!	PSA 9	eBay	2026-09-19	—	$925

1–8 of 11 sales · 6 carry a PSA certificate, checkable on psacard.com.

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

348

27.5% of 1,267 graded

Graded higher

104

PSA 10s above this grade

Total PSA graded

1,267

every grade, all time

Is Venusaur 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

$1,372

after fees, all grades

Comes back PSA 9

2850%

of submissions, by the census

PSA 9 outcome

$582

PSA 9 net of raw and fee

Grading cost

$178

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 79 graded sales and a population of 1,891,050 · fees as of 2026-10-03.

More Venusaur and more from Expedition Base Set

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

Cite this PSA 9 pricefree with attribution

Citation

Venusaur (Expedition Base Set #30) — PSA 9 market value USD $925, from 6 cert-verified sales. Source: CardTrack, https://cardtrack.com/pokemon/card/expedition-base-set/venusaur-30/psa-9

Embed this on your site

<iframe src="https://cardtrack.com/embed/card?id=ecard1-30" width="100%" height="160" style="border:0;max-width:460px" title="Venusaur PSA 9 price — CardTrack" loading="lazy"></iframe>
<p style="font:12px system-ui">Source: <a href="https://cardtrack.com">CardTrack</a></p>

Frequently asked questions

How much is a PSA 9 Venusaur (Expedition Base Set #30) worth?

As of 4 October 2026, a PSA 9 mint Venusaur from Expedition Base Set is worth approximately $925, with a fair range of $484 to $925 — about 5.6× the $165 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, 3 by best offer and 2 at a fixed price. A PSA 9 copy trades roughly every 1 days.

How many PSA 9 Venusaur exist?

PSA has graded 348 copies of Venusaur (Expedition Base Set #30) a 9, out of 1,267 submitted — 27.5% of the population, with 104 graded higher. The census counts resubmissions, so it overstates the gem rate a fresh submission should expect.

Should I grade my Venusaur hoping for a PSA 9?

Probably yes. Weighting every grade by how often this card earns it, expected value after the $178 grading fee is about $1,372; this card comes back a PSA 9 about 2850% of the time.

Is a PSA 9 Venusaur a good investment?

CardTrack tracks prices; it does not give investment advice. A PSA 9 Venusaur has 23 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.