Pikachu — SM Black Star Promos #SM162, PSA 9

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Pikachu PR-SM SM162 · SM Black Star Promos PSA 9 price

PSA 9 · mint slab

$240

Fair buy $204 · sell $2761.7× rawUpdated today

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Raw NM$145
PSA 9this page$2401.7×
PSA 10$1,83213×

PSA 9 sales: 172; 6 cert-verified
Last 90 days: 81; sells often
Confidence: High; 81 sales in 90 days, closely clustered.
Latest sale: 3d ago; one every ~1d

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

PSA’s own estimate for a PSA 9: $252 (range $228–$279, high confidence, from cert #153729045, checked Sept 2026). Our price sits inside PSA’s range. PSA builds it from the same auction records we track, so it is a cross-check, not a second source.

Checked against PSAInside PSA’s range

PSA $252

Ours $240

PSA low $228PSA high $279

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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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PSA 9 · buy now

cheapest 6 of 7

Cheapest ask $270 — 12% above our PSA 9 estimate of $240

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Why $240? 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
2026-09-27	eBay · bestoffer	listing #43222422	$252
2026-09-26	eBay · bestoffer	listing #128491602	$278
2026-09-25	eBay · bestoffer	listing #127083515	$283
2026-09-25	eBay · fixedprice	listing #132195512	$270
2026-09-25	eBay · bestoffer	listing #52645451	$330
2026-09-25	eBay · auction	listing #160034578	$233

1 of 6 were competitive auctions; 4 best offers and 1 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 — 1,131 sales across 25 quarters, Q1 2020 to Q3 2026.

PSA 9 · index · latest

$240▲ 33%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 $250 (Q3 2026, 231 sales) · ▲ 1150% since Q1 2020

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

64 slabs have sold more than once, across 67 resales — typically 105 days apart, with a median gross price change of +22.5%. That is 64 of the 1,003 distinct slabs behind 1,139 cert-linked sales at this grade — 6.4%. The rest we have seen sell once, which is not evidence they have not sold before.

Cert	Sales of this slab	Between	Gross change
#131879287	Jul 2026 $240→Sept 2026 $250	Under 3 months	+4.2%
#139897330	May 2026 $276→Sept 2026 $400	3–6 months	+44.9%
#78680826	May 2026 $330→Jul 2026 $275→Sept 2026 $271	Under 3 months	-17.9%
#122780647	Jul 2026 $240→Sept 2026 $252	Under 3 months	+5.0%
#139897475	Jun 2026 $276→Sept 2026 $264	3–6 months	-4.3%
#159385117	Jul 2026 $264→Sept 2026 $264	Under 3 months	+0.0%
#139897460	Jun 2026 $276→Sept 2026 $264	3–6 months	-4.3%
#122780603	Jul 2026 $240→Sept 2026 $252	Under 3 months	+5.0%
#139897400	Jul 2026 $240→Sept 2026 $240	Under 3 months	+0.0%
#135895897	Mar 2026 $176→Sept 2026 $275	6–12 months	+56.7%

Showing the 10 most recent of 64 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 172 PSA 9 sales with a median of $252; the ledger names its most recent eight, which is what this table can link to. Fanatics alone: 104 PSA 9 sales, 42 in the last 90 days.

GraderGradeCert-verified only 6

	Grade	Venue	Date	Certificate	Price
2019 POKEMON TEAM UP BLISTER BLACK STAR PROMO PIKACHU HOLO SM162 PSA 9 MINT	PSA 9	eBay	2026-10-02	—	$270
2019 Pokemon Sun & Moon Black Star Promo Team Up Holo Pikachu #SM162 PSA 9 MINT	PSA 9	Fanatics	2026-09-28	—	$195
2019 Pokemon Pikachu #SM162 Black Star Promo Holo Team Up PSA 9 Sun & Moon	PSA 9	eBay	2026-09-28	—	$232
The Pokemon Company 2019 SM Black Star Promos Pikachu SM162 Holo PSA 9	PSA 9	eBay	2026-09-28	—	$280
Pokemon Pikachu Holo Sm Black Star Promo SM162 Team Up Single Pk. Blisters PSA 9	PSA 9	eBay	2026-09-27	—	$218
Pikachu 2019 P.M. SM162 Holo Black Star Promo-TM.UP SNGL. PK. BLST. PSA 9	PSA 9	eBay	2026-09-27	—	$295
Pikachu SM162 Sm Holo PSA 9	PSA 9	eBay	2026-09-27	—	$270
2017 Pokémon SM Black Star Promos Pikachu PR-SM SM162 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayBestOffer	2026-09-27	43222422	$252
2017 Pokémon SM Black Star Promos Pikachu PR-SM SM162 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayBestOffer	2026-09-26	128491602	$278
2017 Pokémon SM Black Star Promos Pikachu PR-SM SM162 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayAuction	2026-09-25	160034578	$233
2017 Pokémon SM Black Star Promos Pikachu PR-SM SM162 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayBestOffer	2026-09-25	52645451	$330
2017 Pokémon SM Black Star Promos Pikachu PR-SM SM162 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayFixedPrice	2026-09-25	132195512	$270
2017 Pokémon SM Black Star Promos Pikachu PR-SM SM162 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayBestOffer	2026-09-25	127083515	$283
2019 Pokemon Sun & Moon Black Star Promo Team Up Holo Pikachu #SM162 PSA 9 MINT	PSA 9	FanaticsAuction	2026-07-13	—	$240
2019 Pokemon Sun & Moon Black Star Promo Team Up Holo Pikachu #SM162 PSA 9 MINT	PSA 9	FanaticsAuction	2026-07-13	—	$264
2019 Pokemon Sun & Moon Black Star Promo Team Up Holo Pikachu #SM162 PSA 9 MINT	PSA 9	FanaticsAuction	2026-07-06	—	$234
2019 Pokemon Sun & Moon Promo Team Up Single Pack Blister Holo Pikachu #SM162 PSA 9 MINT	PSA 9	FanaticsAuction	2026-07-06	—	$240

1–8 of 17 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

5,770

43.6% of 13,233 graded

Graded higher

1,957

PSA 10s above this grade

Total PSA graded

13,233

every grade, all time

Other graders at a 9: TAG 130 of 314. A CGC or BGS 9 is its own market and is not in the price above.

Is Pikachu 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

$237

after fees, all grades

Comes back PSA 9

4420%

of submissions, by the census

PSA 9 outcome

$-13

PSA 9 net of raw and fee

Grading cost

$108

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 483 graded sales and a population of 4,421,131 · fees as of 2026-10-03.

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Frequently asked questions

How much is a PSA 9 Pikachu (SM Black Star Promos #SM162) worth?

As of 4 October 2026, a PSA 9 mint Pikachu from SM Black Star Promos is worth approximately $240, with a fair range of $204 to $276 — about 1.7× the $145 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, 4 by best offer and 1 at a fixed price. A PSA 9 copy trades roughly every 1 days.

How many PSA 9 Pikachu exist?

PSA has graded 5,770 copies of Pikachu (SM Black Star Promos #SM162) a 9, out of 13,233 submitted — 43.6% of the population, with 1,957 graded higher. The census counts resubmissions, so it overstates the gem rate a fresh submission should expect.

Should I grade my Pikachu hoping for a PSA 9?

Probably yes. Weighting every grade by how often this card earns it, expected value after the $108 grading fee is about $237; this card comes back a PSA 9 about 4420% of the time.

Is a PSA 9 Pikachu a good investment?

CardTrack tracks prices; it does not give investment advice. A PSA 9 Pikachu has 172 recorded sales, 81 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.