Blastoise
BGS 8.5 · 1st Edition estimate
$4,451
Only 3 of its sales are from the last 90 days. A full estimate needs 5.
- Recent sales: middle of the last 3: $3,954, Aug 3 to Oct 9
- Evidence: limited · 3 sales we counted in the last 90 days · last sale Oct 9
- Next-sale range: $3,228 to $7,121
Updated Oct 20, 2026. Estimate, recent sales and next-sale range: all adjusted to typical eBay auction prices.
How close we came: half of 16,564 sales were within 21 percent of our estimate the day before. Group: Wizards era, fewer than 5 sales in 90 days, Jan 1, 2025 to Oct 18, 2026. See how close we came for similar grades
How we got this
Estimated from similar cards: fewer than 5 sales we counted in 90 days, so the figure is modeled from 3 sales in 90 days, 32 older sales adjusted to today, BGS 9 and BGS 8 prices.
Recent sales: the middle (median) of the last 3 sales we counted (Aug 3 to Oct 9), each adjusted to typical eBay auction prices: Buy It Now and auction-house prices are moved by the gap we measure between venues in this era. The sales list shows the prices paid.
Checked on 16,564 estimate-to-next-sale pairs for grades with fewer than 5 sales in 90 days, Wizards era, from Jan 1, 2025 to Oct 18, 2026: half the next sales landed within 21 percent of the estimate at the time (as of Oct 20). A record of past estimates, not a guarantee for this card.
Estimates with limited evidence had a median error of 22 percent on 44,262 past cases (Jan 1, 2025 to Oct 16, 2026).
Sales in the last 90 days ran from $3,800 (Aug 3) to $5,000 (Oct 9) (3 sales, prices paid).
Evidence: strong means at least 4.5 effective recent sales (older and clustered sales count for less) with a spread under 0.15; moderate, at least 2.8 with a spread under 0.30; limited, anything less. The basis (sales of this grade, or estimated from similar cards) is stated separately.
An estimate from completed sales. Not an offer or an appraisal.
BGS 8.5 · 1st Edition · last 90 days
Steady
The 3 sales in the last 90 days, Aug 3 to Oct 9, stayed within 17 percent of $3,956.
Our estimate is $4,455 (from similar cards). That is 13 percent above their middle sale.
What this label means
At least 3 sales in the last 90 days, and none of the other labels fit.
Labels describe past sales only. They never change our estimate.
Sales, last year
10 sales plotted · adjusted to typical eBay auction prices
Tap a dot, or tab to it, to see that sale.
Prices are adjusted to typical eBay auction prices. The latest sale is ringed.
About this chart
Buy It Now and auction-house prices are moved by the gap we measure between venues in this era, so every dot is comparable with an eBay auction. Tap a dot to see the price paid.
No sales in the last 7 days; the last sale was $5,000 paid, 11 days ago. Last 30 days: 1 sale, too few to compare. Last 90 days: 3 sales, middle sale $3,955 adjusted, 11 percent below the 90 days before. Last 12 months: 10 sales, $2,911 to $5,500 paid. Of 7 other grades with 5 or more sales in 90 days, 5 rose and 2 fell.
- Aug 3, 2026: $3,800 (eBay auction)
- Aug 22, 2026: $3,960 (eBay fixed price)
- Oct 9, 2026: $4,630 (eBay fixed price)
Prices adjusted to typical eBay auction prices.
Paid is what the buyer paid. Adjusted means adjusted to typical eBay auction prices. Changes compare adjusted prices.
How we got this
This text is built each night from the sales shown on this page, last on Oct 20, 2026. It is a record of what happened, not a forecast. Every number in it is checked against the stored facts before it is shown.
Each window's middle sale is the middle of its sales, once as paid and once adjusted. A change compares the adjusted middle sale with the window of the same length just before it, and only when both have 3 or more sales. Our estimate's change uses the figure the site showed on the window's first day.
- Last 7 days: no sales
- Last 30 days: 1 sale; middle sale $5,000 paid, $4,626 adjusted
- Last 90 days: 3 sales; middle sale $4,275 paid, $3,955 adjusted; 11 percent below the window before ($486 adjusted); lowest $3,800 on Aug 3, 2026, highest $5,000 on Oct 9, 2026, paid
- Last 12 months: 10 sales; middle sale $4,313 paid, $4,152 adjusted; 83 percent above the window before ($1,888 adjusted); lowest $2,911 on Jun 21, 2026, highest $5,500 on May 24, 2026, paid
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Blastoise · BGS 8.5 · 1st Edition
Thinking of selling?
eBay Buy It Nowsells for about $4,812you keep about $4,168
eBay takes $638 (13.25%) plus $0.40. You pay about $6 postage. Sale price: our estimate plus the usual extra Buy It Now buyers paid for this era.
Fanatics Buy Nowsells for about $4,363you keep about $4,095
Fanatics takes $262 (6%). You pay about $6 postage. Sale price: our estimate adjusted to Fanatics prices for this era.
Alt fixed pricesells for about $4,331you keep about $3,935
Alt takes $390 (9%). You pay about $6 postage. Sale price: our estimate adjusted to Alt prices for this era.
eBay auctionsells for about $4,451you keep about $3,855
eBay takes $590 (13.25%) plus $0.40. You pay about $6 postage. Sale price: our estimate.
Alt auctionsells for about $4,331you keep about $3,820
Hammer about $3,609; the buyer adds a 20% premium ($722). Alt adds a 6% bonus ($217) to your hammer. You pay about $6 postage. Sale price: our estimate adjusted to Alt prices for this era.
Fanatics auctionsells for about $4,363you keep about $3,702
Hammer about $3,635; the buyer adds a 20% premium ($728). Fanatics adds a 2% bonus ($73) to your hammer. You pay about $6 postage. Sale price: our estimate adjusted to Fanatics prices for this era.
Card showdealers often pay 75% to 85%about $3,338 to $3,783 cash
For cards like this, in cash, with no fees: you keep it all. Store credit or trade is often 5 to 10 points more. Based on what dealers report paying for graded cards $1,000 to $10,000. How we set this
Sale prices differ by place: Buy It Now buyers usually pay more, and auction houses add a buyer's premium. You keep the price minus fees and about $6 postage. Our estimate today: $4,451.
Goldin is not shown: we do not measure Goldin prices for this era.
How we got this
eBay: the estimate plus the shipping you charge, less eBay's fee on both, less the per-order fee and your postage. The Buy It Now row uses the Buy It Now estimate. Fanatics, Goldin and Alt auctions: the estimate moved to that venue's prices with the gap we measure for this era, divided by one plus the buyer's premium to get the hammer price, then the seller bonus added or the commission taken off, less postage. Fanatics Buy Now and Alt fixed price: that venue's price less its seller fee and postage. Card show: the range dealers often pay for a card of this value, higher for grades that sell often and lower for grades that rarely sell (see Methodology); the figure used to rank it is the middle of that range, or the estimate times your percentage. With your own price, every place takes it as what the buyer pays, and an auction's hammer is that price less the buyer's premium. Sales tax is left out; eBay also charges its fee on tax the buyer pays. fees as of Oct 19, 2026.
- eBay auction: Trading card fee: 13.25% of the sale up to $7,500. Above that, 2.35% on the rest. The sale counts the price, shipping charged and sales tax. Each order also pays $0.30, or $0.40 over $10. Sales tax is left out here. Checked Oct 19, 2026 (confirmed). Source
- eBay Buy It Now: Same fees as the auction, on the Buy It Now estimate. That is our estimate times this era's usual Buy It Now gap, never below the estimate. Checked Oct 19, 2026 (confirmed). Source
- Fanatics auction: Buyers pay a 20% premium on the hammer price. Our stored Fanatics prices include that 20%. Premier Auction, for cards worth $25,000 or more: the seller gets 110% of the hammer. That rises to 112.5% above $250,000 and 115% above $1,000,000. Weekly Auction: a bonus of 2% to 15% on sales of $50 or more. We use the lowest, 2%. There is no seller fee. Checked Oct 19, 2026 (partly confirmed). Source
- Fanatics Buy Now: Seller fee 6% when listed under 120% of Card Ladder's market value. It is 12% at or above that. Buyers pay no fee. We list at the Fanatics price, so 6% applies. Checked Oct 19, 2026 (confirmed). Source
- Goldin auction: Buyers pay a 22% premium, at least $19. Goldin does not publish its seller commission. About 5% is a typical figure, not confirmed. We do not measure Goldin prices yet, so this route has no figure. Checked Oct 19, 2026 (partly confirmed). Source
- Alt auction: Buyers pay a 20% premium. Sellers pay no fee. The base seller bonus depends on the card's value: 4% under $1,000, 6% to $5,000, 8% to $25,000. It is 10% to $50,000, 12% to $200,000 and 15% above. We use the hammer price for the value. We assume our stored Alt prices include the premium. Checked Oct 19, 2026 (confirmed). Source
- Alt fixed price: Base seller fee: 14% to $249, 9% to $7,499, 7% to $9,999, and 5% from $10,000. Buyers pay no fee. Checked Oct 19, 2026 (confirmed). Source
- Show offer: No fee. Your own percentage of the estimate. The default follows the evidence: 87.5% strong, 80% moderate, 67.5% limited. Checked not checked (not applicable).
Grades · BGS · 1st Edition
Grades 7 to 7.5 share one estimate. Their recent sales overlap, so we do not rank them apart.
Estimates are adjusted to typical eBay auction prices. Sold ranges are prices as paid. A dash in the 30-day change column means no change is shown: it needs strong or moderate evidence.
How we got this
A grade's estimate needs 5 or more sales we counted in 90 days; otherwise the panel shows the lowest to highest sale of the last year. When neighbouring grades' sales overlap, or a lower grade's figure would sit above a higher grade's, they share one precision-weighted estimate (each figure weighted by how tight its range is). The 30-day change compares with the last settled estimate and shows only with strong or moderate evidence.
Printings · BGS 8.5
Sales, last 90 days, BGS 8.5 · 1st Edition
3 sales we counted · prices as paid
Tap a sale for its record, with the price adjusted to typical eBay auction prices.
$5,000Oct 9
$4,275Aug 22
$3,800Aug 3
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Listings from eBay, updated Oct 20, 2026, 08:17 UTC (1 hour ago)Current offers at asking prices. These are not completed sales.
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