Is it worth grading Rayquaza VMAX (Alternate Art Secret)?

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Yes โ€” if it grades 10. A 9 loses money at current prices. You need the 10.
RAW NOW$1255.44TCGplayer market
PSA 10 SOLD$1906.57262 completed sales
PSA 9 SOLD$825.00130 completed sales
IF IT GRADES 10+$626after $25 fee

A raw Rayquaza VMAX (Alternate Art Secret) from SWSH07: Evolving Skies currently sells for about $1255.44. Across 262 completed eBay sales, a PSA 10 has a median price of $1906.57. After a $25 grading fee, a 10 would net roughly $626.13. But a PSA 9 has a median of $825.00 across 130 sales โ€” which works out to โˆ’$455.44 after fees. A 9 loses money at current prices. You need the 10.

Every grade, with the sales behind it

GRADEMEDIANSALES ON RECORD
PSA10$1906.57262 sales
CGC10P$2750.009 sales
CGC10$1414.4035 sales
BGS10$3225.507 sales
TAG10$2737.504 sales
ACE10$797.412 sales
PSA9$825.00130 sales
GRADE9.5$1641.0014 sales
GRADE9$1225.5042 sales
PSA8$624.5013 sales
GRADE8$920.0015 sales
GRADE7$520.009 sales
GRADE6$637.504 sales

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Every figure on this page is an observed number. Raw prices come from TCGplayer; graded medians are completed eBay sales, shown with the sale count behind each one. We don't estimate, model, or fill in gaps — if a grade has no sales on record, it isn't listed. Grading outcomes are not guaranteed: most raw cards do not come back a 10, which is exactly why the 9-grade number is on this page. Where PriceCharting has no PSA-9-only figure we show its pooled 9 — PSA, BGS, CGC and SGC together — and label it as such rather than call it a PSA 9.