Professor Birch’s Observations 159/160

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Professor Birch’s Observations has moved up 3.1% to $19.40. PSA 10 copies are unchanged over the same period.

Professor Birch’s Observations #159/160 is a Ultra Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Primal Clash.

At $19.40 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $1,499.99, giving a net return of +$1,257.59 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns −$2.30 and PSA 8 returns −$21.49, so anything below a 10 loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 220 copies of Professor Birch’s Observations #159/160, of which 12 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 5.5%, or roughly 1 in 18 graded copies.

Yes. At a 5.5% gem rate, Professor Birch’s Observations grades worse than the Primal Clash average by 3.4 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Professor Birch’s Observations #159/160 was illustrated by Hitoshi Ariga, who has illustrated 344 Pokémon cards in total.

Professor Birch’s Observations #159/160 was released on 4 February 2015 as part of Primal Clash. It belongs to the Modern era.