You'll see "Est." badges next to some prices in the app. Here's exactly what they mean.
The two states
- No badge — the price is sourced from real data (TCGplayer, Cardmarket, eBay sold, or TCGGOPRO median)
- Est. badge — the price is derived from
rawPrice × gradeMultiplierbecause we don't yet have a real graded sale for that (card, grade)
How estimates are computed
Multipliers approximate the typical price ratio between a raw card and its graded equivalent. For PSA 10 the multiplier is 8× — meaning a $50 raw card has an estimated PSA 10 value of $400.
These multipliers are conservative averages drawn from years of eBay data. Individual cards can deviate substantially (e.g. Charizard Base PSA 10 trades at 10-15× raw, not 8×). When real sold data accumulates for a card, the estimate is replaced by the actual median.
When you'll see Est.
- New cards without enough eBay history yet
- Cards in cold sets where graded sales are infrequent
- Grade tiers we don't see often (PSA 6 / 7 / 8 vs the popular PSA 9 / 10)
When you won't
- Any (card, grade) where TCGGOPRO has returned a median
- Any (card, grade) where our cache has ≥ 8 recent eBay sold rows
Look for the source badge under each price row — it tells you the exact source.