Pokemon Card Price Checker — Real Sold Prices from eBay

What is your Pokemon card actually worth? Not what sellers ask — what buyers actually paid. One call returns the real market value of any card from confirmed eBay sold listings: median price, percentile band, price trend and liquidity, plus a cleaned list of comparable sales.

Price guides go stale and asking prices lie. This checker reads the live sold market, filters out the junk that poisons card valuations, and gives you a defensible number in seconds.

What you get per card

{
  "query": "Charizard Base Set Holo",
  "marketplace": "ebay.com",
  "valuation": {
    "n": 218,
    "currency": "USD",
    "median": 289.99,
    "p10": 150.0, "p25": 210.0, "p75": 400.0, "p90": 650.0,
    "soldPerDay": 4.1,
    "trendPct": 6.5,
    "confidence": "high"
  },
  "comps": [
    { "title": "...", "total": 305.0, "soldDate": "2026-07-01", "condition": "Used",
      "bestOffer": false, "url": "https://www.ebay.com/itm/..." }
  ]
}

Why collectors trust the numbers

• Sold prices only — confirmed sales, never active-listing wishful thinking.
• Junk filters tuned for cards: lots/bundles ("Charizard lot x30"), proxies/reproductions, damaged "for parts" listings are removed before the statistics — they routinely poison medians by 30%+.
• Graded vs raw: just add the grade to your query — "Charizard Base Set PSA 10" vs "Charizard Base Set Holo" — and compare the two runs.
• Best-offer transparency: eBay shows asking (not accepted) prices for best-offer sales; every such comp is flagged and excludable.
• Trend & liquidity: trendPct tells you if the card is heating up; soldPerDay tells you how fast it moves.

Use cases

• Buying: check the real market before you pay the asking price.
• Selling / trading: price your collection with numbers you can defend.
• Collection tracking: run your binder list monthly (batch mode: 25 cards per run).
• AI agents: "what's a PSA 9 Blastoise Base Set worth?" — one MCP tool call.

Input

Field	Description
query	Card + set + variant (+ grade), e.g. "Umbreon VMAX Alt Art", "Pikachu Illustrator PSA 8"
items	Batch mode: up to 25 cards per run
marketplace	8 eBay sites (default ebay.com)
daysBack	1-90 days of sales history
excludeBestOffer	Drop best-offer sales from stats

Use with AI agents (MCP)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pokemon-prices": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=jdepablos/pokemon-card-price-checker",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>" }
    }
  }
}

Pricing

Pay per event: one flat fee per card priced, comps included. Failed checks are never charged.

FAQ

Does it work for other TCGs? Yes — Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh, One Piece, sports cards: anything with an eBay sold history. This listing is tuned for Pokemon queries, but the engine is generic (see the general appraiser).

Graded population data? No — this is sold-market pricing, not pop reports. Combine both for serious grading decisions.

How current is it? Live: every run reads the most recent sold listings (up to 240 comps, your daysBack window).

More data tools by this developer

• eBay Sold Price Appraiser — any category, 8 marketplaces
• Second-hand Deal Scanner EU — find underpriced listings vs eBay sold
• Global Trademark Watch (TMview)
• Startup Funding Feed (SEC Form D)