Professor Oak’s Research 149/165

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Professor Oak’s Research has stayed flat at $2.22. PSA 10 copies are up 0.1% over the same period.

Professor Oak’s Research #149/165 appears roughly 1 in 19 packs, which works out at 5.3% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Expedition Base Set.

Professor Oak’s Research #149/165 is a Uncommon, one of the higher rarity tiers in Expedition Base Set.

At $2.22 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $271.14, giving a net return of +$205.67 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns −$11.27 and PSA 8 returns −$18.91, so anything below a 10 loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 68 copies of Professor Oak’s Research #149/165, of which 19 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 27.9%, or roughly 1 in 3.6 graded copies.

No. At a 27.9% gem rate, Professor Oak’s Research grades better than the Expedition Base Set average by 10.3 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Professor Oak’s Research #149/165 was illustrated by Ken Sugimori, who has illustrated 2072 Pokémon cards in total.

Professor Oak’s Research #149/165 was released on 15 September 2002 as part of Expedition Base Set. It belongs to the Vintage era.