Is Whitney's Technical Machine 01 worth grading?

Pokémon · ポケモンカード★VS · 107/141 · full price guide →

Grading rarely pays for this card

PSA 9 copies of Whitney's Technical Machine 01 sell for $40.04, only $0.00 above the $1,500 raw price — less than an economy-tier grading fee. A PSA 9 ($40.04) sells for less than raw, so anything short of a 10 loses money. Keep it raw unless you are grading for the slab itself.

Raw (NM): $1,500
PSA 9: $40.04
PSA 9: $40.04
Gem premium: 0.0×
As of: Aug 10, 2026

Break-even by outcome and fee

Whitney's Technical Machine 01: net result of grading versus selling raw, by outcome and fee tier
If it comes back…	Sells for	Economy / bulk (~$25.00)	Standard (~$50.00)	Express (~$150)
Gem — PSA 9	$40.04	−$1,485	−$1,510	−$1,610
PSA 9	$40.04	−$1,485	−$1,510	−$1,610

Net = sale price − $1,500 raw value − fee. Fee tiers are illustrative; plug your grader's current price into the calculator below.

Expected value — how often does it need to gem?

Whitney's Technical Machine 01: expected value of submitting by gem probability
Chance it gems	Expected sale	Expected net (standard fee)
25%	$40.04	−$1,510
50%	$40.04	−$1,510
75%	$40.04	−$1,510

At the standard fee this submission does not break even at any realistic gem rate unless the miss lands above the 9 price.

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Whitney's Technical Machine 01 graded prices by company and grade
Grade	PSA
9	$40.04
7	$40.00

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