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Beedrill 17/102

Set: Base Set Released: Jan 9, 1999
Pokémon: Beedrill Grass Type Rare Illustrator: Ken Sugimori Pull Rate:1 in 24 packs (4.2%) Evolves From: Kakuna

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Beedrill #17/102 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Beedrill #17/102 from Base Set — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Beedrill has moved up 10.1% to $6.09. PSA 10 copies are up 1.7% over the same period.

Beedrill #17/102 appears roughly 1 in 24 packs, which works out at 4.2% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Base Set.

Beedrill #17/102 is a Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Base Set.

At $6.09 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $205.22, giving a net return of +$144.45 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$11.68 and PSA 8 returns +$2.48, so PSA 8, 9 and 10 can all return a profit on this card.

PSA have graded 2,024 copies of Beedrill #17/102, of which 416 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 20.6%, or roughly 1 in 4.9 graded copies.

No. At a 20.6% gem rate, Beedrill grades better than the Base Set average by 2.8 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Beedrill #17/102 was illustrated by Ken Sugimori, who has illustrated 2072 Pokémon cards in total.

Beedrill #17/102 was released on 9 January 1999 as part of Base Set. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.