Charmeleon #005, Normal, Japanese Topsun VS 1997-98
Japanese edition
- Card number: #005
- ·Rarity: Common
- ·Finish: Non-Holo
A PSA 8 Charmeleon #005 Normal from Japanese Topsun VS 1997-98 has a TCGBerg fair value of $57 as of Nov 14, 2026. It rests on 4 recorded sales, the latest on Feb 7, 2026. PSA has graded 8 copies at PSA 8. Sales evidence is limited, so treat this value as a rough estimate.
TCGBerg Algorithm (estimated from recorded sales).
4 sales · latest Feb 7, 2026
- Population · PSA 8
- 8
- Market cap
- $455
- Volatility
- 6.9%
- YTD
- ↑ 234.5%
- Sales evidence
- Limited
TCGBerg fair value · PSA 8
$57
Based on 4 recorded sales. Latest sale: Feb 7, 2026.
Price history
Weekly fair value over time, plus a confidence band around it: how precisely we can pin the value, which tightens as more sales confirm it. Dots mark individual sales, snapped to their week: red when above fair value (a premium), green when below (a deal), hollow when flagged as an outlier. Switch the active grade with the selector above.Weekly fair value for PSA 8. Shaded area is the confidence band: how precisely we can pin the value; it tightens as more sales confirm it. Dots are individual sales. Confidence band: how precisely we can pin the fair value. It widens when sales scatter and narrows as more sales back the value up. The dots show the actual sale prices.
What the evidence says
The last PSA 8 sale, $42 on Jul 19, 2026, sits 26.2% below the $57 fair value. The value rests on 4 recorded PSA 8 sales. Its confidence band runs from $50 to $64. A PSA 10 ($787) is worth 6.1 times a PSA 9 ($129). Over the past 30 days the PSA 8 value has risen 16.9%. With limited sales evidence, read the gap and the band as rough guides.
TCGBerg fair value by grade
Side-by-side comparison of value across every grade and ungraded condition we track for this printing. The bar chart uses a log scale so raw and gem-mint fit on one axis. Solid bars are the TCGBerg fair value, modelled from recorded sales. Hatched bars are the latest market price instead, shown for ungraded conditions that trade too rarely for us to price one honestly.Value at each grade and ungraded condition. Log scale. Tap a row to switch the whole page.
Behind the scenes
How the published fair value for this grade was produced: the sales it rests on, how they were put together, and every recorded change afterwards. It describes one saved calculation, not a live recomputation.What goes into this price, and how much we know.
Recent sales
5 trackedEach sale against the grade's fair value on the day it sold.
| Date | Grade | Venue | Price | vs fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2026 | PSA9 | eBay | $160 | above fair value by +16.9% |
| Jul 19, 2026 | PSA8 | eBay | $42 | above fair value by +4.2% |
| Jun 14, 2026 | PSA10 | eBay | $530 | above fair value by +1.9% |
| Mar 17, 2026 | PSA7 | eBay | $24 | above fair value by +14.0% |
| Feb 7, 2026 | PSA8 | Fanatics Collect | $25 | above fair value by +4.9% |
- $160Oct 20, 2026 · via eBayPSA9↑above fair value by 16.9%
- $42Jul 19, 2026 · via eBayPSA8↑above fair value by 4.2%
- $530Jun 14, 2026 · via eBayPSA10↑above fair value by 1.9%
- $24Mar 17, 2026 · via eBayPSA7↑above fair value by 14.0%
- $25Feb 7, 2026 · via Fanatics CollectPSA8↑above fair value by 4.9%
All grades matrix
Every grade we track for this printing. Click any column header to sort; the rightmost column jumps you to listings for that grade.
- PSA10$7871d ·0.0%7d ·0.0%30d ↑21.2%
- Pop
- 1
- Mcap
- $787
- Evidence
- Sparse
- Last
- $530
- PSA9$1291d ·0.0%7d ↑0.6%30d ↑28.8%
- Pop
- 10
- Mcap
- $1.3K
- Evidence
- Sparse
- Last
- $160
- PSA8$571d ·0.0%7d ·0.0%30d ↑16.9%
- Pop
- 8
- Mcap
- $455
- Evidence
- Limited
- Last
- $42
| PSA10 | $787 | 1 | $787 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ↑up 21.2% | ↑up 63.9% | Sparse | $5305mo ago |
| PSA9 | $129 | 10 | $1.3K | 0.0% | ↑up 0.6% | ↑up 28.8% | ↑up 69.6% | Sparse | $1604w ago |
| PSA8 | $57 | 8 | $455 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ↑up 16.9% | ↑up 48.7% | Limited | $424mo ago |
| PSA7 | $38 | 6 | $229 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ↓down 1.3% | ↑up 24.1% | Sparse | $248mo ago |
| PSA6 | $30 | 3 | $90 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ↑up 0.4% | ↑up 23.0% | Sparse | - |
| PSA5 | $30 | 2 | - | 0.0% | 0.0% | ↑up 0.4% | ↑up 23.0% | Sparse | - |
PSA population report
How Charmeleon's graded copies are spread across grades. Each bar is the number of copies graded at that grade; the percentage is that grade's share of the total graded population. These are recorded graded copies, not the total print run. A smaller population alone does not establish a price premium.30 graded copies of Charmeleon Normal across 6 grades. The selected grade is highlighted.
PSA 8 makes up 27% of graded copies: 8 of 30. PSA 9 is the most common grade (33%).
Analysis
Charmeleon at PSA 10 carries a TCGBerg fair value of $787 as of 2026-11-14. We track a TCGBerg fair value across 6 grades from Japanese Topsun VS 1997-98, from PSA 6 up to PSA 10. A graded population of 1 copies sits behind the PSA 10 grade. The PSA 10 valuation rests on sparse sales evidence. Over the past 30 days, the PSA 10 TCGBerg fair value has risen 21.2%.