Pikachu — SM Black Star Promos #SM81, PSA 9

PromoSM Black Star PromosPR-SM SM812017PSA 9

Pikachu PR-SM SM81 · SM Black Star Promos PSA 9 price

PSA 9 · mint slab

$325

Fair buy $227 · sell $3258.9× rawUpdated today

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Raw NM$37
PSA 9this page$3258.9×
PSA 10$7,000191×

PSA 9 sales: 3; 6 cert-verified
Last 90 days: 1; rare
Confidence: Low; Only 1 sale in the last 90 days.
Latest sale: 69d ago; one every ~12d

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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: $299 (range $219–$444, moderate confidence, from cert #28780595, 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 $299

Ours $325

PSA low $219PSA high $444

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PSA 9 slabs for sale right now

Live asks for a PSA 9 of this exact card · stock as of 2 days ago. A raw copy or a reverse holo is a different product and is not in this list.

No live listings in our latest snapshot for this grade — the marketplaces above search it directly.

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Why $325? 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
2026-09-18	eBay · bestoffer	listing #50172743	$325
2026-07-16	eBay · fixedprice	listing #28780595 sold before	$325
2026-06-13	eBay · auction	listing #137709151	$283
2026-06-12	eBay · bestoffer	listing #54767304	$300
2026-06-12	eBay · bestoffer	listing #116361123	$249
2026-05-31	eBay · auction	listing #53429875	$255

2 of 6 were competitive auctions; 3 best offers and 1 fixed-price. A PSA 9 copy trades roughly every 12 days, the median gap between cert-verified sales.

PSA 9 price history

Monthly medians of cert-verified PSA 9 sales — 71 sales across 47 months, Jan 2018 to Sep 2026.

PSA 9 · index · latest

$325▲ 622%over 5 years

2021-09-01 → 2026-09-22

Ratio (log) price axis — this series spans 21×, and a linear axis would flatten its first years into the floor. The recorded PSA 9 price index, held at the last cert-verified sale where our record lagged it, closing on the figure above.

Latest $325 (Sep 2026, 1 sale) · ▲ 2067% since Jan 2018

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

2 slabs have sold more than once, across 3 resales. That is 2 of the 67 distinct slabs behind 72 cert-linked sales at this grade — 3%. The rest we have seen sell once, which is not evidence they have not sold before.

Cert	Sales of this slab	Between	Gross change
#28780595	Apr 2018 $7→Aug 2019 $15→Jul 2026 $325	Over a year	+4239.1%
#61141118	Jan 2022 $21→Jan 2025 $28	Over a year	+36.5%

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 3 PSA 9 sales with a median of $299; the ledger names its most recent eight, which is what this table can link to.

GraderGradeCert-verified only 6

	Grade	Venue	Date	Certificate	Price
2017 Pokémon SM Black Star Promos Pikachu PR-SM SM81 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayBestOffer	2026-09-18	50172743	$325
2017 POKEMON SM BLACK STAR PROMO #SM81 PIKACHU-HOLO PSA 9. A+Seller.	PSA 9	eBay	2026-07-16	—	$500
2017 Pokémon SM Black Star Promos Pikachu PR-SM SM81 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayFixedPrice	2026-07-16	28780595	$325
2017 Pokémon SM Black Star Promos Pikachu PR-SM SM81 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayAuction	2026-06-13	137709151	$283
2017 Pokémon SM Black Star Promos Pikachu PR-SM SM81 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayBestOffer	2026-06-12	116361123	$249
2017 Pokémon SM Black Star Promos Pikachu PR-SM SM81 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayBestOffer	2026-06-12	54767304	$300
2017 Pokémon SM Black Star Promos Pikachu PR-SM SM81 · PSA 9	PSA 9	eBayAuction	2026-05-31	53429875	$255
Pokémon TCG SM Black Star Promo Pikachu SM81 Holo PSA 9 English 2017	PSA 9	eBay	2026-05-28	—	$299

1–8 of 8 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

371

29.5% of 1,257 graded

Graded higher

PSA 10s above this grade

Total PSA graded

1,257

every grade, all time

Other graders at a 9: TAG 3 of 6. A CGC or BGS 9 is its own market and is not in the price above.

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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 24 graded sales and a population of 4,409,561 · fees as of 2026-09-21.

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Frequently asked questions

How much is a PSA 9 Pikachu (SM Black Star Promos #SM81) worth?

As of 22 September 2026, a PSA 9 mint Pikachu from SM Black Star Promos is worth approximately $325, with a fair range of $227 to $325 — about 8.9× the $37 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 12 days.

How many PSA 9 Pikachu exist?

PSA has graded 371 copies of Pikachu (SM Black Star Promos #SM81) a 9, out of 1,257 submitted — 29.5% of the population, with 39 graded higher. The census counts resubmissions, so it overstates the gem rate a fresh submission should expect.

Is a PSA 9 Pikachu a good investment?

CardTrack tracks prices; it does not give investment advice. A PSA 9 Pikachu has 3 recorded sales, 1 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.