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Salamence — Dragon Vault #8 Pokémon card

modern-to-grade · holo

Salamence

Dragon Vault · #8 · English · released 2012

Raw market price

$6.17

7 days

2.5%

30 days

1%

90 days

29.5%

51MASTER score · steady

Graded prices & PSA population

GradeMarket pricePSA population
PSA 10$2,50520
PSA 9$51984
PSA 8$6761

PSA population recorded 2026-09-05 · total graded 213

Why this card matters

pop

PSA 10 commands a 128x raw premium and listings are modest at 169, but PSA 9 comps have only n=5 and PSA 10 n=1, making the high-grade supply picture too thin to trust as genuinely scarce rather than just illiquid.

demand

Salamence has real nostalgia pull as a fan-favorite Dragon-type, but Dragon Vault is a niche mini-set with limited mainstream collector mindshare compared to base-set icons.

artist

Standard holo treatment with no notable alt-art or sought-after illustrator credit to independently drive collector premium.

catalyst

30-day momentum is negative at -13.1% with no identifiable upcoming event or market dislocation to reverse the slide.

Graded comps on record

$2,505

PSA 10

$197

CGC 10

$94

CGC 8

$67

PSA 8

$52

CGC 9

$45

PSA 5

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Market data recorded 2026-08-02 from licensed market sources. MASTER records prices daily and never invents a number — estimated values are always labeled. Not financial advice.