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Skiing (Atari 2600): PSA Pop Report & Prices

Published 2026-10-22 · Updated 2026-10-26 · by Jason Trogdon
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PSA has graded 71 Skiing Atari 2600 copies on record — 71 sealed. PSA tracks 4 distinct production variants separately because they’re priced differently by collectors. This page is the per-game pop + price + grading reference for Skiing on Atari 2600 — updated weekly from PSA’s official population data and PriceCharting’s market catalog.

Loose
POP 0
Market: $6.25
CIB
POP 0
Market: $16
Sealed
POP 71
Market: $39

Quick Facts

Variant Comparison

PSA recognizes 4 distinct production variants of Skiing, each tracked on its own population row because collectors value them differently.

Variant Loose Pop CIB Pop Sealed Pop Total
Printed in USA, 1981 - No UPC - Trademark Text on Back — — 20 20
Printed in USA, 1981 - No UPC - Trademark Text on Back - “A” Printed on lid — — 9 9
Printed in USA, 1981 - No UPC - Trademark Text on Back - “A” Stamp on lid — — 31 31
Printed in USA, 1981 - With UPC — — 11 11

PSA Pop by Condition

PSA tracks Skiing populations independently for loose carts, complete-in-box (CIB), and factory-sealed copies — collectors price each condition separately because rarity and demand diverge sharply. Tables below show the grade-tier breakdown per condition, aggregated across 4 variants PSA recognizes for this title.

Loose Cartridge

PSA hasn’t graded any loose copies of Skiing for Atari 2600 yet.

Complete in Box (CIB)

PSA hasn’t graded any cib copies of Skiing for Atari 2600 yet.

Factory Sealed

Total graded: 71

Sealed summary by variant:

Variant Total Pop Top Numeric Grade Best Seal Grade
Printed in USA, 1981 - No UPC - Trademark Text on Back 20 9.8 A++
Printed in USA, 1981 - No UPC - Trademark Text on Back - “A” Printed on lid 9 9.8 A++
Printed in USA, 1981 - No UPC - Trademark Text on Back - “A” Stamp on lid 31 9.6 NS
Printed in USA, 1981 - With UPC 11 9.8 A+

Factory Sealed Grade × Seal Matrix

Rows show PSA numeric grades. Columns show seal grades. Cell values are PSA population counts. Aggregated across all variants. Top observed grade: 9.8 (PSA scale extends to 10).

Grade A++ A+ A NS Total
9.8 6 1 — — 7
9.6 — 5 — 12 17
9.4 1 6 1 11 19
9.2 — 3 — 6 9
9.0 — 4 — 3 7
8.5 — 2 1 2 5
8.0 — 2 1 — 3
7.5 — 1 1 — 2
7.0 — — 1 — 1
<6.5 — 1 — — 1
Total 7 25 5 34 71

Per-variant grade × seal matrices

Click any variant to expand its full grade × seal breakdown.

Printed in USA, 1981 - No UPC - Trademark Text on Back (20 sealed pop)

Top observed grade: 9.8 (PSA scale extends to 10).

Grade A++ A+ A Total
9.8 2 — — 2
9.6 — 2 — 2
9.4 1 4 — 5
9.2 — 3 — 3
9.0 — 1 — 1
8.5 — 1 1 2
8.0 — 2 1 3
7.0 — — 1 1
<6.5 — 1 — 1
Total 3 14 3 20
Printed in USA, 1981 - No UPC - Trademark Text on Back - "A" Printed on lid (9 sealed pop)

Top observed grade: 9.8 (PSA scale extends to 10).

Grade A++ A+ NS Total
9.8 4 — — 4
9.6 — 1 2 3
9.4 — 1 1 2
Total 4 2 3 9
Printed in USA, 1981 - No UPC - Trademark Text on Back - "A" Stamp on lid (31 sealed pop)

Top observed grade: 9.6 (PSA scale extends to 10).

Grade NS Total
9.6 10 10
9.4 10 10
9.2 6 6
9.0 3 3
8.5 2 2
Total 31 31
Printed in USA, 1981 - With UPC (11 sealed pop)

Top observed grade: 9.8 (PSA scale extends to 10).

Grade A+ A Total
9.8 1 — 1
9.6 2 — 2
9.4 1 1 2
9.0 3 — 3
8.5 1 — 1
7.5 1 1 2
Total 9 2 11

Current Market Prices

All prices below come from PriceCharting’s public catalog as of this page’s last update. PriceCharting calculates its values from completed sales on eBay and its own marketplace — independent of any data on this page. The Sealed column reflects PriceCharting’s “manual-only” / new tier — factory-sealed retail at average condition; specific graded-sealed prices vary sharply by numeric grade + seal letter (use the Sealed eBay browse link below for grade-specific comps).

All 4 PSA-tracked variants share the same PriceCharting prices because PriceCharting indexes at the title level, not the variant level. Variant-specific pricing surfaces on eBay sold-comp data — check the Sealed / CIB / Loose browse links below for variant-aware market signals.

Auction House Graded Sales

Heritage Auctions and Goldin sold results below are real auction transactions for Skiing on Atari 2600. They complement the PriceCharting loose / CIB / sealed benchmarks above; they are not estimates and they are not blended into PriceCharting’s ungraded market prices.

Summary rows are title-level auction sale signals, sorted by format, recency, and realized-price signal. PSA production variants can price differently, so the sale records keep each auction house’s own variant notes visible instead of pretending every auction lot maps cleanly to a PSA variant row.

High-grade games can trade years apart, so older auction records stay visible; treat the latest-sale date as part of the comp, not just the dollar amount.

Format Grade Sale signal Latest sale Comps
Factory sealed (Printed in USA Trademark Text) WATA 9.8 A++ Last sale $175 Oct 14, 2025 1
Factory sealed (*1981, Blue Box, Notch Lid, Printed in USA, W/upc) WATA 8.5 A+ Last sale $173 May 16, 2025 1
New / no seal (No UPC No Trademark Text On Back A Stamp) CGC 9.6 NS Last sale $119 May 20, 2025 1
Factory sealed WATA 9.6 A+ $92-$109 range Jan 2, 2026 2
Factory sealed (No UPC Trademark Text On Back) WATA 9.4 A+ Last sale $74 Apr 1, 2025 1
Factory sealed (1981 Blue Box) WATA 9.8 A++ Last sale $690 Oct 19, 2020 1
Factory sealed WATA 9.2 A+ Last sale $630 Jul 12, 2020 1
Factory sealed (1981 Blue Box) WATA 9.6 A+ $180-$264 range Jun 30, 2022 2
Factory sealed (A Stamp On Lid) WATA 9.6 A+ Last sale $192 Mar 14, 2023 1
Factory sealed (1981 Blue Box) WATA 9.4 A+ $144-$169 range May 3, 2022 2
Factory sealed CGC 9.2 A+ Last sale $159 Jan 2, 2024 1
New / no seal WATA 9.6 NS Median $147 Nov 16, 2021 4

Showing the top 12 auction sale signals; the sale-record table below includes every auction auction sale used on this page.

Sale records:

View all 44 auction sale records
Date Sold For Grader / Grade Format Variant Notes Source
Jan 2, 2026 $92 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed — Goldin lot 202512-1115-1400-5b1b0f71-b823-4963-a679-dcf955a2dcdf
Oct 14, 2025 $175 WATA 9.8 A++ Factory sealed Printed in USA Trademark Text Lot 312541-67002
May 20, 2025 $119 CGC 9.6 NS New / no seal No UPC No Trademark Text On Back A Stamp Lot 312520-68003
May 16, 2025 $173 WATA 8.5 A+ Factory sealed *1981, Blue Box, Notch Lid, Printed in USA, W/upc Goldin lot 202504-3014-0748-69a5695a-aea7-4970-afdb-a32118951347
Apr 1, 2025 $74 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed No UPC Trademark Text On Back Lot 312513-66008
Jul 16, 2024 $119 WATA 9.6 NS New / no seal No UPC No Trademark Text On Back A Stamp Lot 312429-68004
May 7, 2024 $67 CGC 9.0 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 312419-66007
Jan 23, 2024 $91 CGC 9.4 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 312404-69001
Jan 2, 2024 $159 CGC 9.2 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 312401-66006
May 16, 2023 $59 CGC 9.0 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 312320-68009
Apr 25, 2023 $57 CGC 8.5 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 312317-69011
Apr 4, 2023 $67 CGC 8.5 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 312314-66004
Mar 28, 2023 $79 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 312313-69014
Mar 14, 2023 $192 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed A Stamp On Lid Lot 312311-67007
Mar 14, 2023 $43 WATA 8.5 A Factory sealed — Lot 312311-67008
Feb 23, 2023 $109 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 44175-80066
Jan 24, 2023 $59 WATA 9.6 NS New / no seal 1981 Blue Box No UPC A Stamp On Lid Lot 312304-69011
Jan 10, 2023 $67 WATA 7.5 A Factory sealed 1981 Blue Box Lot 312302-67019
Aug 30, 2022 $69 WATA 8.5 A+ Factory sealed 1981 Blue Box Lot 312235-70020
Jun 30, 2022 $180 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed 1981 Blue Box Lot 41166-80093
Jun 7, 2022 $264 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed 1981 Blue Box Lot 312223-66021
May 3, 2022 $169 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed 1981 Blue Box Lot 312218-66023
Dec 14, 2021 $144 WATA 9.4 NS New / no seal — Lot 312150-67013
Nov 30, 2021 $139 WATA 9.4 NS New / no seal — Lot 312148-70016
Nov 16, 2021 $192 WATA 9.6 NS New / no seal — Lot 312146-68016
Nov 2, 2021 $240 WATA 9.4 NS New / no seal — Lot 312144-66011
Oct 19, 2021 $119 WATA 9.2 NS New / no seal — Lot 312142-68016
Oct 5, 2021 $144 WATA 8.5 NS New / no seal — Lot 312140-66015
Sep 21, 2021 $99 WATA 9.0 A+ Factory sealed 1981 Blue Box Lot 312138-68019
Sep 7, 2021 $144 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed 1981 Blue Box Lot 312136-66027
Aug 24, 2021 $109 WATA 9.4 NS New / no seal — Lot 312134-69019
Aug 10, 2021 $132 WATA 9.4 A++ Factory sealed 1981 Blue Box Lot 312132-67014
Jun 29, 2021 $99 WATA 9.4 NS New / no seal — Lot 312126-70013
Jun 15, 2021 $138 WATA 9.6 NS New / no seal — Lot 312124-68015
Jun 1, 2021 $84 WATA 9.2 NS New / no seal — Lot 312122-66022
May 18, 2021 $65 WATA 8.0 A+ Factory sealed 1981 Blue Box Lot 312120-68014
May 4, 2021 $120 WATA 9.6 NS New / no seal — Lot 312118-66021
Apr 20, 2021 $156 WATA 9.6 NS New / no seal — Lot 312116-68014
Apr 6, 2021 $74 WATA 8.0 A Factory sealed 1981 Blue Box Lot 312114-66014
Mar 9, 2021 $99 WATA 9.0 A+ Factory sealed 1981 Blue Box Lot 312110-67016
Mar 1, 2021 $84 WATA 7.0 A Factory sealed Blue Box Lot 122109-12058
Jan 18, 2021 $89 WATA 9.0 A+ Factory sealed 1981 Blue Box Lot 122103-15877
Oct 19, 2020 $690 WATA 9.8 A++ Factory sealed 1981 Blue Box Lot 122042-15810
Jul 12, 2020 $630 WATA 9.2 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 7231-97015

Listings

Each link below opens an eBay search filtered to that condition, scoped to Skiing on Atari 2600. “Sold” pulls completed/sold listings (use this for price research). “Listings” pulls current active listings (use this to find a copy to buy).

Why Skiing Matters for Grading

Skiing is one of the more heavily-graded Atari 2600 titles, with 71 PSA-graded copies on record (71 sealed). Strong submission volume signals collector demand — and grade premiums are the market’s vote on which copies are scarce. Notable: every graded copy is in the sealed condition — collectors clearly favor that condition tier for this title, and the other conditions are either ungraded territory or grade-and-flip opportunities. Sealed copies trade at roughly 6× the loose price ($39 vs $6.25). Solid spread for grading speculation if you can source a clean sealed cart. Because PSA tracks 4 variants separately, production-code identification matters before submission. The pop-by-variant breakdown above tells you which variant is the rarer find.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Skiing Atari 2600 worth grading?

Mostly for sealed copies. The sealed-state population (71) outweighs CIB and loose for Skiing, indicating sealed is where collector capital concentrates. CIB and loose grading is viable but margins are thinner after fees.

How rare is a graded sealed copy of Skiing?

PSA tracks 71 graded sealed copies of Skiing for Atari 2600. The grade-tier breakdown above shows how those split across PSA’s numeric grades — top-grade copies (9.4+) are the scarcest and typically command the strongest premiums.

Should I buy a graded or raw copy of Skiing?

Depends on your goal. Graded copies cost more upfront but come with PSA’s authenticity + condition guarantee — the right move for buy-and-hold collectors. Raw copies are cheaper but require condition assessment yourself, and the grading lottery means a $50 raw cart can come back as a $25 PSA 7 OR a $200 PSA 9.4. Use the per-condition pop and price data above to calculate expected value before you commit.

Why does PSA track multiple variants of Skiing?

PSA recognizes 4 distinct production variants of Skiing on Atari 2600. Variants reflect real production differences — different factories (Made in Japan vs Made in Mexico), packaging die changes, ESRB-rating retrofits added partway through the console’s life, or Players Choice reissues from later runs. Collectors price them differently because rarity diverges, and PSA tracks each on its own population row so the data reflects the real market structure.

Sources

Pop counts pulled weekly from PSA Video Games population data. Prices from PriceCharting. PSA acquired WATA in July 2021 and completed the rebrand to PSA Video Games on October 20, 2025. PSA Video Games population data is the continuation of WATA’s population history. Heritage graded-sale comps come from Heritage Auctions sold archive lot pages linked in the sale-record table. Goldin graded-sale comps come from Goldin (goldin.co) sold lot pages linked in the sale-record table; Goldin prices are the lot’s final price as Goldin reports it. Rankings, medians and summaries are What The Slab analysis — How we get our numbers.

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