Market value · Near Mint · Unlimited
Pack fresh $16
- PSA 8$302 sold · 90d · pop 332
- PSA 9$505 sold · 90d · pop 381
- PSA 10$280pop 108
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Fossil #17/62, 1999. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
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.
On the WOTC printings (1999–2002): a grey drop shadow runs down the right side of the picture frame, and there is no edition stamp. This is the common printing and the cheapest of the three.
The same name and number exists in other sets. The number printed on your card is what separates them — this page prices 17/62.
What's your copy worth?
The top 5% of this card's sales — pack-fresh examples — sold for $15.86 or more. That's about +50% over a typical Near Mint copy.
ⓘ How do we work this out?
We take every real sale of this exact card over the last 12 months (144 sales), sort them by price, and read off the top 15% and top 5%. No multipliers, no guesses — the prices cleaner copies actually fetched.
Why cleaner copies cost more: buyers can see condition in the photos and pay for it. Listings sellers describe as pack fresh or gem mint land in this top band 1.7× more often than ordinary ones — the premium follows the card, not the hype.
Copies in this band are also the ones collectors send to grading: far more likely than a typical binder copy to be submitted at all — and to come back with the strong grade that carries the PSA prices shown on this page. That prospect is part of what buyers are paying for here.
These are read straight off this card's own completed sales — sort them by price and take the top 15% and top 5%. Whether your copy qualifies is a judgment made by looking at the card.
✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Articuno is a Rare Pokémon card from Fossil (#17, released 1999), illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. It's a Basic Water-type Pokémon with 70 HP. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 9 September 2026.
Articuno price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence232 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely. · Very liquid — Sells often
6 of 10 verified sales were competitive auctions — this price reflects real bidding, not asking prices. A graded copy trades roughly every 2 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$7.99237 sales · 232 in 90d, sells often
- Lot$9.206 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 9$50.005 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 9$29.594 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 8$42.202 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 10$3182 sales
- CGC 8.5$17.402 sales
- CGC 7.5$8.252 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
Is Articuno worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 8 — worth $30 against the $81 you put in, a $51 loss. The money is in the 1 in 3 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $50–$280. Averaged over every outcome that is −$31 a card.
That is the average submitted copy. Tell us about yours and the verdict re-prices — most cards stop being worth grading here. Not sure? Grade it from a photo →
These are set to a flawless copy — the answer above. Change any of them to re-price it for the card in your hand.
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
Articuno is a Rare in Fossil — the pack's hit slot lands on Rare 67% of the time, split across 15 rare cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 22 packs.
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 10 | $280.00 | $73 | +$197 | 26.5× |
| PSA 9 | $50.00 | $70 | −$31 | 4.7× |
| PSA 8 | $30.00 | $70 | −$51 | 2.8× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 1,386 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 7.8% | $280.00 |
| PSA 9 | 27.3% | $50.00 |
| PSA 8 — typical | 23.4% | $30.00 |
| PSA 7 | 14.4% | $27.00 |
| PSA 6 | 11.5% | $15.00 |
| PSA 5 | 7.4% | $10.57 |
| PSA 4 | 3.7% | $10.57 |
| PSA 3 | 2.1% | $10.57 |
| PSA 2 | 1.2% | $10.57 |
| PSA 1 | 0.8% | $10.57 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 0.4% | $10.57 |
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. Gem rate is estimated from cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies — so it overstates the true grade rate. Treat it as a guide, not a guarantee.
Population across gradersPSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — every grade, with gem rates
108 of the 1,409 PSA-graded Articuno copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 7.7%. 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 1,409.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 1,368.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 90.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 30.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Articuno 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Pokemon Articuno 17/62 Fossil Regular Rare - Some Edge Wear - See PicsRaw · eBay$3.99
TCG POKEMON ARTICUNO FOSSIL 17/62 UNLIMITEDRaw · eBay$3.99
Articuno 17/62 Rare Fossil Pokemon Unlimited DamagedRaw · eBay$3.99
Articuno (17) Unlimited Rare Fossil 17/62 MPRaw · eBay$4.60
Articuno 17/62 Fossil Regular | HPRaw · eBay$4.75
Articuno (17) Fossil 17/62 Unlimited Pokemon DMGRaw · eBay$4.99Cheapest raw copy $3.99 — 62% below our near-mint estimate of $11
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 108 | ✓ 11 cert-verified$280$173–$280 | |
| PSA 9pop 381 | ✓ 60 cert-verified$50$38–$52 | |
| PSA 8pop 332 | ✓ 36 cert-verified$30$30–$48 | |
| PSA 7pop 203 | ✓ 21 cert-verified$27$27–$41 | |
| PSA 6pop 167 | ✓ 15 cert-verified$15 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
A typical Near Mint copy sells for $10.40. Grading-candidate copies — the cleanest 15% of sales — typically fetch $11.60 (+12%). Pack-fresh examples — the top 5% — go for about $15.60.
From 19 sales in the last 12 months. These describe the market — whether a specific copy is a grading candidate is a judgment made by looking at it.
For context: a graded PSA 1 slab of this card sells for about $43 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.
Price by printingBase vs reverse holo vs 1st edition — priced separately
Price by variant
Priced per printing — some from our own completed sales, the rest from TCGplayer's market price. Reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
126% spreadCurrently 126% 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.
🔥 Trending in the community
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Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. If tails, this attack does 10 damage to each of your own Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
“A legendary bird Pokémon that is said to appear to doomed people who are lost in icy mountains.”
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
A legendary bird POKéMON that is said to appear to doomed people who are lost in icy mountains.
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Articuno cards
There are 23 different Articuno printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Fossil #17 (Rare). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Articuno (Fossil #17) worth?
As of 9 September 2026, Articuno from Fossil is worth approximately $10.57 ungraded (near-mint), and around $280 in PSA 10 gem mint. Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.
What is the PSA 10 price for Articuno?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Articuno from Fossil is worth around $280 — roughly 26× the raw ungraded value of $10.57.
Should I grade my Articuno?
Grading is worth it when the PSA 10 premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10 — the "Should you grade it?" estimate above works that out per grade, net of the current fee.
Is Articuno rare?
Articuno is a Rare card from Fossil (card #17).
How do I know if my Articuno is 1st Edition?
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.
How do I know if my Articuno is Unlimited?
Right-hand edge of the illustration window: On the WOTC printings (1999–2002): a grey drop shadow runs down the right side of the picture frame, and there is no edition stamp. This is the common printing and the cheapest of the three.
How do I tell this Articuno apart from the Roaring Skies one?
They share a name and a card number but come from different sets, and the number printed on the card tells them apart: this one is 17/62 (Fossil, 1999) and the other is 17/108 (Roaring Skies, 2015).
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