Special Illustration RareParadox Rift253/1822023PSA 9

Altaria ex 253/182 · Paradox Rift PSA 9 price

PSA 9 · mint slab

$58

Fair buy $40 · sell $991.1× rawUpdated today

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Raw NM$55
PSA 9this page$581.1×
PSA 10$2574.7×

PSA 9 sales: 37; 6 cert-verified
Last 90 days: 27; sells often
Confidence: High; 27 sales in 90 days, closely clustered.
Latest sale: 3d ago; one every ~2d

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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.

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Why $58? 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
2026-09-26	eBay · bestoffer	listing #93468177	$86
2026-09-24	eBay · auction	listing #101591835 sold before	$40
2026-09-23	eBay · fixedprice	listing #83657166	$66
2026-09-21	eBay · bestoffer	listing #158851410	$59
2026-09-14	eBay · auction	listing #114756679	$65
2026-09-10	eBay · bestoffer	listing #162887263	$68

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

PSA 9 price history

Monthly medians of cert-verified PSA 9 sales — 692 sales across 34 months, Dec 2023 to Oct 2026.

PSA 9 · index · latest

$58▲ 16%over 366 days

2025-10-06 → 2026-10-07

The recorded PSA 9 price index, 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 $55 (Oct 2026, 1 sale) · ▲ 41% since Dec 2023

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

30 slabs have sold more than once, across 30 resales — typically 141 days apart, with a median gross price change of +28.2%. That is 30 of the 641 distinct slabs behind 692 cert-linked sales at this grade — 4.7%. The rest we have seen sell once, which is not evidence they have not sold before.

Cert	Sales of this slab	Between	Gross change
#101591835	Jul 2026 $70→Sept 2026 $40	Under 3 months	-42.3%
#109239788	Apr 2025 $60→Jul 2026 $63	Over a year	+4.8%
#111316527	Jun 2025 $45→Jul 2026 $66	Over a year	+46.7%
#138761979	Feb 2026 $52→Jul 2026 $75	3–6 months	+44.2%
#107072223	May 2025 $44→Jul 2026 $70	Over a year	+59.5%
#113179745	Jul 2025 $36→Jun 2026 $62	6–12 months	+72.2%
#110370528	Mar 2026 $45→May 2026 $70	Under 3 months	+55.7%
#84368615	Feb 2026 $41→May 2026 $63	Under 3 months	+53.7%
#108818623	Apr 2025 $49→May 2026 $55	Over a year	+12.2%
#129882806	Dec 2025 $45→Mar 2026 $50	Under 3 months	+11.4%

Showing the 10 most recent of 30 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 37 PSA 9 sales with a median of $65; the ledger names its most recent eight, which is what this table can link to. Fanatics alone: 6 PSA 9 sales, 2 in the last 90 days.

GraderGradeCert-verified only 6

	Grade	Venue	Date	Certificate	Price
2023 Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Paradox Rift SIR Altaria EX #253 PSA 9 MINT	PSA 9	Fanatics	2026-10-05	—	$48.00
Pokemon Paradox Rift Altaria ex 253/182 Illustration Rare Holo PSA 9 MINT 2023	PSA 9	eBay	2026-10-02	—	$55.00
Pokémon TCG Altaria EX Paradox Rift Holo Card SIR 253/182 PSA 9	PSA 9	eBay	2026-09-28	—	$59.99
2023 Pokémon Paradox Rift Altaria ex 253/182 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayBestOffer	2026-09-26	93468177	$86.09
2023 Pokémon Paradox Rift Altaria ex 253/182 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayAuction	2026-09-24	101591835	$40.14
2023 POKEMON PAR EN-PARADOX RIFT SPECIAL ILLUSTRATION RARE #253 ALTARIA EX PSA 9	PSA 9	eBay	2026-09-23	—	$40.14
2023 Pokémon Paradox Rift Altaria ex 253/182 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayFixedPrice	2026-09-23	83657166	$66.00
2023 Pokemon Paradox Rift ALTARIA EX 253/182 Special Illustration Rare PSA 9	PSA 9	eBay	2026-09-21	—	$64.99
2023 Pokémon Paradox Rift Altaria ex 253/182 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayBestOffer	2026-09-21	158851410	$59.00
2023 Pokémon Paradox Rift Altaria ex 253/182 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayAuction	2026-09-14	114756679	$65.00
2023 Pokémon Paradox Rift Altaria ex 253/182 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayBestOffer	2026-09-10	162887263	$68.00
2023 Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Paradox Rift SIR Altaria ex #253 PSA 9 MINT	PSA 9	FanaticsAuction	2026-07-06	—	$69.60
2023 Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Paradox Rift SIR Altaria EX #253 PSA 9 MINT	PSA 9	FanaticsAuction	2026-04-20	—	$58.80
2023 Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Paradox Rift SIR Altaria EX #253 PSA 9 MINT	PSA 9	FanaticsAuction	2026-03-30	—	$42.00
2023 Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Paradox Rift SIR Altaria EX #253 PSA 9 MINT	PSA 9	FanaticsAuction	2025-12-29	—	$60.00

1–8 of 15 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

3,779

52.7% of 7,173 graded

Graded higher

2,073

PSA 10s above this grade

Total PSA graded

7,173

every grade, all time

Other graders at a 9: TAG 128 of 229. A CGC or BGS 9 is its own market and is not in the price above.

Is Altaria ex 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

Not worth it

every grade weighted by its census share

Expected net

$-21

after fees, all grades

Comes back PSA 9

5250%

of submissions, by the census

PSA 9 outcome

$-78

PSA 9 net of raw and fee

Grading cost

$81

tier fee + shipping

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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.

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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 111 graded sales and a population of 5,117,802 · fees as of 2026-10-03.

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Frequently asked questions

How much is a PSA 9 Altaria ex (Paradox Rift #253) worth?

As of 7 October 2026, a PSA 9 mint Altaria ex from Paradox Rift is worth approximately $58, with a fair range of $40 to $99 — about 1.1× the $55 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 — 2 at auction, 3 by best offer and 1 at a fixed price. A PSA 9 copy trades roughly every 2 days.

How many PSA 9 Altaria ex exist?

PSA has graded 3,779 copies of Altaria ex (Paradox Rift #253) a 9, out of 7,173 submitted — 52.7% of the population, with 2,073 graded higher. The census counts resubmissions, so it overstates the gem rate a fresh submission should expect.

Should I grade my Altaria ex hoping for a PSA 9?

Probably not. Weighting every grade by how often this card earns it, expected value after the $81 grading fee is about $-21; this card comes back a PSA 9 about 5250% of the time.

Is a PSA 9 Altaria ex a good investment?

CardTrack tracks prices; it does not give investment advice. A PSA 9 Altaria ex has 37 recorded sales, 27 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.