Base Set 1st EditionBase · 1999

Poliwhirl

#38Normal · UnlimitedUpdated Oct 27, 2026

TCGPlayer market

$8.43

Cardmarket: €2.24
PSA 10: $1,267.35
PSA 9: $123.76
PSA population: 1,573

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Market prices

Ungraded prices from each marketplace we track, with sales activity where available.

SourcePriceSalesLast salePer weekSignal

TCGPlayer Market USD

$8.43

TCGPlayer Market

USD

$8.43

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eBay Average USD

$42.37

4 sales0.0/weekuplow confidence

eBay Average

USD

$42.37

4

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0.0

uplow confidence

eBay Sold USD

$25.17

2 sales

eBay Sold

USD

$25.17

2

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Cardmarket EUR

€2.24

Cardmarket

EUR

€2.24

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Graded prices

Average sold price by grading company and grade.

GradeAverage sold price

Grade 10: $1,267.351 sold▲
Grade 9: $123.7666 sold▲
Grade 8: $74.8014 sold▲
Grade 7: $14.323 sold▼

Grader	10	9.5	9	8.5	8	7.5	7
PSA	$1,2671 sold▲	–	$12466 sold▲	–	$74.8014 sold▲	–	$14.323 sold▼
CGC	$3608 sold	$1545 sold	$41.6510 sold▲	$10.885 sold	$15.63	$21.723 sold	$8.44

Population report

How many copies each grading company has graded, and at which grade.

PSA graded

1,573

18.1%

Gem rate

3

7

11

19

52

90

166

336

596

284

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Qualifiers 2Match confidence: high

Price by condition

Ungraded market price for each printing, from Near Mint down to Damaged.

Unlimited

NM

Near Mint

$8.35

LP

Lightly Played

$4.12

MP

Moderately Played

$2.60

HP

Heavily Played

$1.69

DM

Damaged

$1.42

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About Poliwhirl

Poliwhirl is a Pokémon card (#38) from Base Set 1st Edition, part of the Base series, released in 1999.

An ungraded copy currently sells for about $8.43. A PSA 10 (Gem Mint) averages $1,267.35 — about 150.3× the raw price.

PSA has graded 1,573 copies, 284 of them at PSA 10 (a 18.1% gem rate). Fewer tens usually means a larger premium for a top-graded copy.

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Poliwhirl — common questions

How much is Poliwhirl worth?: Poliwhirl from Base Set 1st Edition has a market price of $8.43 for an ungraded copy, based on current TCGPlayer and eBay sales data. Condition, print variant and grading all move that number.
What is a PSA 10 Poliwhirl worth?: Recent PSA 10 (Gem Mint) sales of Poliwhirl averaged $1,267.35, about 150.3× the ungraded price. A PSA 9 averaged $123.76.
How many PSA 10 Poliwhirl are there?: PSA has graded 1,573 copies of Poliwhirl, and 284 of them received a PSA 10 — a gem rate of 18.1%.

Market

$23.80

Low$1.00