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Sandslash — HeartGold SoulSilver — Rare

Sandslash

Simulated

Sandslash · HeartGold SoulSilver · Rare · 29

Character: Sandslash

high confidencebearish3130d ▼10.5%
Estimated Fair Value
$19.99
Lowest listing $16.7216.3% below
Search live listings:eBay activeeBay soldTCGplayer active
Bear Case
$17.06
Base Case
$19.99
Bull Case
$22.87

Price History

Dec 8Range $67.04 – $123Jun 5

Opportunity Score

44
  • 16% below fair value+19 pts
  • Sales accelerating+6 pts
  • High listing quality (near mint)+6 pts
  • Reputable seller+6 pts
  • High valuation confidence+5 pts
  • Strong demand (5 sales/mo)+2 pts

Investment Thesis

bearish31

Sandslash is currently trading at a meaningful discount to fair value, with softening price momentum over the last 30 days (-10.5%). Estimated fair value is $20 against a lowest active listing of $17. Valuation confidence is high based on 13-plus modeled comparable sales.

Bearish: softening prices (-10.5% over 30d) amid thin liquidity and stable graded supply.

Risk Indicators

  • Negative price momentum over the last 30 days
Active Listings
13
Sales / Month
5.0
Velocity Score
25/100
Illiquid
Sales Velocity 30d
+15.3%
Confidence
77/100

Grading ROI & Population Trend

Is it worth paying to grade this card? A transparent profit model from the real ungraded cost and the audited graded value, plus a read on graded-supply momentum. The cost and odds levers are modeled assumptions you can adjust — not market-price pins.

Grading ROI (model)
-61.8%
Grading not economical
unknown population

No population data reported for this asset.

Raw cost
$16.72
All-in cost
$45.72+ $25.00 fee · $4.00 ship
Graded value (per gem)
$66.88
Expected proceeds
$17.4630% gem → $20.06 · less 13% fee
Net profit / card
-$28.26
Breakeven graded value
$175value needed to break even

Adjust modeled assumptions

These are modeled estimates, not market-price pins.

  • Modeled gem-grade odds: 30% chance of PSA 10 (a modeled probability, not a market price). Non-gem outcomes are valued conservatively at $0.
  • Modeled grading-service fee: $25.00 per card, plus $4.00 shipping/insurance (modeled service costs, not market prices).
  • Modeled marketplace sell fee: 13.0% of graded proceeds (a modeled cost, not a market price).
  • Raw cost and graded value trace to the existing audited references/pins — this panel authors no new market-price value.

Liquidity & Comp Explorer

How easily does this asset trade? Days-to-sell, sell-through rate, the spread between the lowest ask and the recent sold center, and inventory depth — all modeled over this asset's recorded sales and active listings. Explore the sale distribution with a date-range filter and an outlier-trim toggle.

Liquidity & Comp Explorer

Simulated
Days to sell
1.0dmodeled median sale gap
Sell-through
61.0%over 90d window
Bid-ask spread
-20.6%lowest ask vs sold avg
Inventory depth
16active listings
Recent sold avg
$94.41mean over 90d
Lowest ask
$74.96cheapest active listing

Comp Explorer

Min
$73.90
Median
$98.52
Mean
$96.32
Max
$115

Showing 33 of 33 sales

These liquidity signals are modeled deterministically over this asset's existing recorded sales and active listings — they author no new market-price value. Days-to-sell, sell-through and the bid-ask spread are analytical reads over those comps, not a live order book.

How Fair Value Is Built

A transparent, weighted blend of market signals — no black boxes.

SignalDetailReferenceWeight
recent salesVolume-weighted average of recent sold comps20.1450%
listing inventoryAverage of active listing asking prices19.0425%
price trendRecent historical price trend projection18.2425%
demand momentumAdjustment for sales velocity momentum (rising demand raises value)3.0720%

Active Listings

PriceMarketplaceConditionSellerListedEndsLink
$74.96PWCCNear Mint8766d agoJan 1View
$75.37eBayNear Mint9464d agoJan 1View
$76.52TCGPlayerNear Mint7456d agoJan 1View
$76.98Facebook MarketplaceNear Mint6570d agoJun 10View
$83.98TCGPlayerNear Mint6870d agoJan 1View
$85.17TCGPlayerNear Mint6862d agoJan 1View
$85.56TCGPlayerNear Mint9672d agoJun 6View
$88.03TCGPlayerNear Mint8459d agoJan 1View
$88.14Facebook MarketplaceNear Mint7456d agoJan 1View
$90.24PWCCNear Mint9956d agoJan 1View
$90.66MercariNear Mint7270d agoJan 1View
$92.52PWCCNear Mint10070d agoJan 1View

Recent Sales

PriceMarketplaceConditionSold
$85.53PWCCNear Mint55d ago
$73.93TCGPlayerNear Mint56d ago
$76.34TCGPlayerNear Mint57d ago
$77.07Facebook MarketplaceNear Mint57d ago
$73.90TCGPlayerNear Mint57d ago
$78.16PWCCNear Mint58d ago
$89.61PWCCNear Mint58d ago
$88.65TCGPlayerNear Mint60d ago
$94.97PWCCNear Mint61d ago
$88.94TCGPlayerNear Mint62d ago
$90.77PWCCNear Mint63d ago
$99.78eBayNear Mint63d ago

Signal Track Record

Did this asset's own Opportunity Scores precede outperformance? Each row is a past as-of date, scored point-in-time, with the realized benchmark-relative return that followed.

Data Provenance

Which signals on this page are real market data versus modeled by the deterministic engine. The terminal marks every source honestly.

Reference price
Simulated
Fair value basis
Simulated
Lowest ask (deal)
Simulated
Active listings
Simulated
Card image
Live
Recent sales
Simulated
Population data
Simulated
Liquidity metrics
Simulated
Liquidity analytics
Simulated
Price history
Simulated

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