# Pokemon Card Price Checker — Real Sold Prices (eBay) (`jdepablos/pokemon-card-price-checker`) Actor

What is your Pokemon card actually worth? Real market value from confirmed eBay SOLD listings: median price, percentile band, trend and liquidity, plus cleaned comparable sales (lots, proxies and damaged cards filtered out). Built for collectors, resellers and AI agents.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/jdepablos/pokemon-card-price-checker.md
- **Developed by:** [Juan de Pablos](https://apify.com/jdepablos) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $25.00 / 1,000 card price checks

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).


# README

## 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

```json
{
  "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)

```json
{
  "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](https://apify.com/jdepablos/ebay-sold-price-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](https://apify.com/jdepablos/ebay-sold-price-appraiser)
- [Second-hand Deal Scanner EU — find underpriced listings vs eBay sold](https://apify.com/jdepablos/second-hand-deal-scanner-es)
- [Global Trademark Watch (TMview)](https://apify.com/jdepablos/trademark-watch-tmview)
- [Startup Funding Feed (SEC Form D)](https://apify.com/jdepablos/startup-funding-feed)

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Card name + set + variant, e.g. 'Charizard Base Set Holo', 'Pikachu Illustrator', 'Umbreon VMAX Alt Art'. Add 'PSA 10' etc. for graded prices.

## `items` (type: `array`):

Up to 25 items per run. Each entry: {"query": "..."} plus any per-item overrides (marketplace, condition, ...).

## `marketplace` (type: `string`):

Marketplace to pull sold listings from (determines currency).

## `condition` (type: `string`):

Only count sales of items in this condition.

## `priceMin` (type: `integer`):

Filter out sales below this amount.

## `priceMax` (type: `integer`):

Filter out sales above this amount.

## `daysBack` (type: `integer`):

Only count sales completed within this window (max 90 — eBay limit).

## `maxComps` (type: `integer`):

How many comparable sales to include in the result (stats always use all analyzed comps).

## `includeComps` (type: `boolean`):

Include the list of comparable sales in the output (not just the valuation stats).

## `strictClean` (type: `boolean`):

Drop lots/bundles/for-parts/repro/box-only listings that poison valuations (recommended).

## `proxy` (type: `object`):

eBay blocks datacenter IPs — residential proxy is strongly recommended (default). Country is auto-matched to the marketplace unless you set one.

## `excludeBestOffer` (type: `boolean`):

eBay shows the asking price (not the accepted offer) for best-offer sales. Exclude them from stats for maximum accuracy.

## `monitorMode` (type: `boolean`):

For scheduled smoke tests: when the source blocks every attempt (anti-bot weather, not a code fault), the run exits SUCCEEDED with a clear status message instead of FAILED, and notifies monitorEmail. Code faults (unrecognized markup) still fail the run.

## `monitorEmail` (type: `string`):

Email to notify (via apify/send-mail) when monitor mode detects a fully blocked source. On Apify free plans this must be the account owner email.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "Charizard Base Set Holo",
  "marketplace": "ebay.com",
  "condition": "any",
  "daysBack": 90,
  "maxComps": 60,
  "includeComps": true,
  "strictClean": true,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  },
  "excludeBestOffer": false,
  "monitorMode": false
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "query": "Charizard Base Set Holo",
    "proxy": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("jdepablos/pokemon-card-price-checker").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "query": "Charizard Base Set Holo",
    "proxy": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("jdepablos/pokemon-card-price-checker").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "query": "Charizard Base Set Holo",
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call jdepablos/pokemon-card-price-checker --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jdepablos/pokemon-card-price-checker",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Pokemon Card Price Checker — Real Sold Prices (eBay)",
        "description": "What is your Pokemon card actually worth? Real market value from confirmed eBay SOLD listings: median price, percentile band, trend and liquidity, plus cleaned comparable sales (lots, proxies and damaged cards filtered out). Built for collectors, resellers and AI agents.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "f0FPlhqZXy7IphiXb"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/jdepablos~pokemon-card-price-checker/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-jdepablos-pokemon-card-price-checker",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/jdepablos~pokemon-card-price-checker/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-jdepablos-pokemon-card-price-checker",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/jdepablos~pokemon-card-price-checker/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-jdepablos-pokemon-card-price-checker",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "query": {
                        "title": "Card to price",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Card name + set + variant, e.g. 'Charizard Base Set Holo', 'Pikachu Illustrator', 'Umbreon VMAX Alt Art'. Add 'PSA 10' etc. for graded prices."
                    },
                    "items": {
                        "title": "Batch items (optional)",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Up to 25 items per run. Each entry: {\"query\": \"...\"} plus any per-item overrides (marketplace, condition, ...)."
                    },
                    "marketplace": {
                        "title": "eBay site",
                        "enum": [
                            "ebay.com",
                            "ebay.es",
                            "ebay.co.uk",
                            "ebay.de",
                            "ebay.fr",
                            "ebay.it",
                            "ebay.ca",
                            "ebay.com.au"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Marketplace to pull sold listings from (determines currency).",
                        "default": "ebay.com"
                    },
                    "condition": {
                        "title": "Condition",
                        "enum": [
                            "any",
                            "new",
                            "used"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Only count sales of items in this condition.",
                        "default": "any"
                    },
                    "priceMin": {
                        "title": "Min price",
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Filter out sales below this amount."
                    },
                    "priceMax": {
                        "title": "Max price",
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Filter out sales above this amount."
                    },
                    "daysBack": {
                        "title": "Days back",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 90,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Only count sales completed within this window (max 90 — eBay limit).",
                        "default": 90
                    },
                    "maxComps": {
                        "title": "Max comps in output",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "maximum": 240,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "How many comparable sales to include in the result (stats always use all analyzed comps).",
                        "default": 60
                    },
                    "includeComps": {
                        "title": "Include comps",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Include the list of comparable sales in the output (not just the valuation stats).",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "strictClean": {
                        "title": "Strict cleaning",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Drop lots/bundles/for-parts/repro/box-only listings that poison valuations (recommended).",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "proxy": {
                        "title": "Proxy configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "eBay blocks datacenter IPs — residential proxy is strongly recommended (default). Country is auto-matched to the marketplace unless you set one.",
                        "default": {
                            "useApifyProxy": true,
                            "apifyProxyGroups": [
                                "RESIDENTIAL"
                            ]
                        }
                    },
                    "excludeBestOffer": {
                        "title": "Exclude best-offer sales",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "eBay shows the asking price (not the accepted offer) for best-offer sales. Exclude them from stats for maximum accuracy.",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "monitorMode": {
                        "title": "Monitor mode (internal)",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "For scheduled smoke tests: when the source blocks every attempt (anti-bot weather, not a code fault), the run exits SUCCEEDED with a clear status message instead of FAILED, and notifies monitorEmail. Code faults (unrecognized markup) still fail the run.",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "monitorEmail": {
                        "title": "Monitor email (internal)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Email to notify (via apify/send-mail) when monitor mode detects a fully blocked source. On Apify free plans this must be the account owner email."
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```