Professor Birch's Observations #159, Ultra Rare, XY - Primal Clash
- PC

- ·Card number: #159/160
- ·Finish: Holo
A PSA 9 Professor Birch's Observations #159 Ultra Rare from XY - Primal Clash has a TCGBerg fair value of $69 as of Nov 15, 2026. It rests on 15 recorded sales, the latest on Nov 3, 2026. PSA has graded 45 copies at PSA 9. Sales evidence is limited, so treat this value as a rough estimate.
TCGBerg Algorithm (estimated from recorded sales).
15 sales · latest Nov 3, 2026
- Population · PSA 9
- 45
- Market cap
- $3.1K
- Volatility
- 14.5%
- YTD
- ↑ 62.9%
- Sales evidence
- Limited
TCGBerg fair value · PSA 9
$69
Based on 15 recorded sales. Latest sale: Nov 3, 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 9. 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 9 sale, $75 on Nov 3, 2026, sits 9.3% above the $69 fair value. The value rests on 15 recorded PSA 9 sales. The latest sale ran above the recent run: the last 5 PSA 9 sales averaged $68, within 0.2% of the value. Its confidence band runs from $55 to $82. A PSA 10 ($4,156) is worth 60.6 times a PSA 9 ($69). Over the past 30 days the PSA 9 value has fallen 26.4%. 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.
- Raw NM$19Ungraded · TCGBerg fair value
- Raw LP$17Ungraded · TCGBerg fair value
- Raw MP$17Ungraded · TCGBerg fair value
- Raw HP$4.67Ungraded · TCGBerg fair value
- Raw Damaged$2.85Ungraded · TCGBerg fair value
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
20 trackedEach sale against the grade's fair value on the day it sold.
| Date | Grade | Venue | Price | vs fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2026 | PSA9 | eBay | $75 | above fair value by +10.1% |
| Oct 30, 2026 | PSA9 | Fanatics Collect | $119 | above fair value by +76.6% |
| Oct 29, 2026 | PSA8 | eBay | $30 | below fair value by -11.7% |
| Oct 28, 2026 | PSA7 | eBay | $50 | above fair value by +63.3% |
| Oct 21, 2026 | PSA8 | eBay | $45 | above fair value by +22.5% |
- $75Nov 3, 2026 · via eBayPSA9↑above fair value by 10.1%
- $119Oct 30, 2026 · via Fanatics CollectPSA9↑above fair value by 76.6%
- $30Oct 29, 2026 · via eBayPSA8↓below fair value by 11.7%
- $50Oct 28, 2026 · via eBayPSA7↑above fair value by 63.3%
- $45Oct 21, 2026 · via eBayPSA8↑above fair value by 22.5%
| Oct 18, 2026 | Raw | tcgplayer | $19 | below fair value by -0.8% |
| Oct 17, 2026 | Raw | tcgplayer | $21 | above fair value by +12.0% |
| Oct 16, 2026 | Raw | tcgplayer | $17 | below fair value by -11.6% |
- $19Raw↓below fair value by 0.8%
- $21Raw↑above fair value by 12.0%
- $17Raw↓below fair value by 11.6%
15 more sales with Pro
Up to 20 recent sales, each with its venue and its gap to fair value.
↓Includes a sale 31.4% below fair value
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$4,1561d ·0.0%7d ·0.0%30d ↓11.2%
- Pop
- 12
- Mcap
- $49.9K
- Evidence
- Sparse
- Last
- $6,150
- PSA9$691d ↑0.1%7d ↑0.7%30d ↓26.4%
- Pop
- 45
- Mcap
- $3.1K
- Evidence
- Limited
- Last
- $75
- PSA8$341d ·0.0%7d ↓0.2%30d ↑10.4%
- Pop
- 78
- Mcap
- $2.7K
- Evidence
- Limited
- Last
- $30
| Listings | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA10 | $4,156 | 12 | $49.9K | 0.0% | 0.0% | ↓down 11.2% | ↑up 199.9% | Sparse | $6,1501mo ago | |
| PSA9 | $69 | 45 | $3.1K | ↑up 0.1% | ↑up 0.7% | ↓down 26.4% | ↑up 4.0% | Limited | $752w ago | |
| PSA8 | $34 | 78 | $2.7K | 0.0% | ↓down 0.2% | ↑up 10.4% | ↓down 4.3% | Limited | $302w ago | |
| PSA7 | $32 | 62 | $2.0K | ↓down 0.4% | ↑up 0.9% | ↑up 13.9% | ↑up 43.8% | Moderate | $503w ago | |
| PSA6 | $23 | 14 | $324 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ↑up 15.8% | ↑up 30.2% | Sparse | - | |
| PSA5 | $20 | 7 | - | 0.0% | 0.0% | ↑up 0.3% | ↑up 11.2% | Sparse | $7.501y ago | |
| Raw | $19 | - | - | - | 0.0% | ↓down 2.1% | - | Very strong | $194w ago |
PSA population report
How Professor Birch's Observations'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.218 graded copies of Professor Birch's Observations Ultra Rare across 6 grades. The selected grade is highlighted.
PSA 9 makes up 21% of graded copies: 45 of 218. PSA 8 is the most common grade (36%).
Analysis
Professor Birch's Observations - Ultra Rare at PSA 10 carries a TCGBerg fair value of $4,156 as of 2026-11-14. We track a TCGBerg fair value across 6 grades from XY - Primal Clash, from PSA 5 up to PSA 10. A graded population of 12 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 fallen 11.2%.