Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (GameCube) — Pop Report
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PSA has graded 201 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door GameCube copies on record — 3 CIB, 198 sealed. PSA tracks 6 distinct production variants separately because they’re priced differently by collectors. This page is the per-game pop + price + grading reference for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on GameCube — updated weekly from PSA’s official population data and PriceCharting’s market catalog.
Quick Facts
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Title: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
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Console: GameCube
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Variants tracked by PSA: 6
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Total PSA-graded copies: 201 (Loose: 0 · CIB: 3 · Sealed: 198)
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PriceCharting market data: not yet matched
Variant Comparison
PSA recognizes 6 distinct production variants of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, each tracked on its own population row because collectors value them differently. The variants this game discriminates on: Canadian-market edition.
| Variant | Loose Pop | CIB Pop | Sealed Pop | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Made in Japan, 56433B, Best Seller | — | 1 | 17 | 18 |
| Made in USA, 55850A | — | 1 | 66 | 67 |
| Made in USA, 55850B, Best Seller | — | — | 43 | 43 |
| Made in USA, 55850C, Best Seller - Player’s Choice | — | 1 | 68 | 69 |
| Made in USA, 55901A, Best Seller, Canadian Version | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Made in USA, 55901B, Best Seller - Player’s Choice, Canadian Version | — | — | 3 | 3 |
PSA Pop by Condition
PSA tracks Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door 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 6 variants PSA recognizes for this title.
Loose Cartridge
PSA hasn’t graded any loose copies of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for GameCube yet.
Complete in Box (CIB)
Total graded: 3
| Variant | Pop | Grade Breakdown |
|---|---|---|
| Made in Japan, 56433B, Best Seller | 1 | 8.5: 1 |
| Made in USA, 55850A | 1 | 8.0: 1 |
| Made in USA, 55850C, Best Seller - Player’s Choice | 1 | 8.5: 1 |
PSA has not graded the following variants in this condition: Made in USA, 55850B, Best Seller · Made in USA, 55901A, Best Seller, Canadian Version · Made in USA, 55901B, Best Seller - Player’s Choice, Canadian Version.
Factory Sealed
Total graded: 198
Sealed summary by variant:
| Variant | Total Pop | Top Numeric Grade | Best Seal Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Made in Japan, 56433B, Best Seller | 17 | 9.8 | A+ |
| Made in USA, 55850A | 66 | 9.8 | A++ |
| Made in USA, 55850B, Best Seller | 43 | 9.8 | A++ |
| Made in USA, 55850C, Best Seller - Player’s Choice | 68 | 9.8 | A++ |
| Made in USA, 55901A, Best Seller, Canadian Version | 1 | 9.6 | A |
| Made in USA, 55901B, Best Seller - Player’s Choice, Canadian Version | 3 | 9.6 | 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 | B+ | B | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 4 | 25 | 5 | 1 | — | 35 |
| 9.6 | 1 | 47 | 25 | 4 | — | 77 |
| 9.4 | 1 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 55 |
| 9.2 | — | 5 | 4 | 3 | — | 12 |
| 9.0 | — | 3 | 7 | — | — | 10 |
| 8.5 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 |
| 8.0 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 6 | 108 | 68 | 14 | 2 | 198 |
Per-variant grade × seal matrices
Click any variant to expand its full grade × seal breakdown.
Made in Japan, 56433B, Best Seller (17 sealed pop)
Top observed grade: 9.8 (PSA scale extends to 10).
| Grade | A+ | A | B+ | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| 9.6 | 5 | 3 | — | 8 |
| 9.4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 9.2 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
Made in USA, 55850A (66 sealed pop)
Top observed grade: 9.8 (PSA scale extends to 10).
| Grade | A++ | A+ | A | B+ | B | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | — | 13 |
| 9.6 | — | 11 | 7 | 2 | — | 20 |
| 9.4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| 9.2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 |
| 9.0 | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | 5 |
| 8.5 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 |
| 8.0 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 2 | 33 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 66 |
Made in USA, 55850B, Best Seller (43 sealed pop)
Top observed grade: 9.8 (PSA scale extends to 10).
| Grade | A++ | A+ | A | B+ | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 2 | 11 | 2 | — | 15 |
| 9.6 | — | 12 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| 9.4 | — | 4 | 4 | — | 8 |
| 9.2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| 9.0 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| 8.0 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| Total | 2 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 43 |
Made in USA, 55850C, Best Seller - Player's Choice (68 sealed pop)
Top observed grade: 9.8 (PSA scale extends to 10).
| Grade | A++ | A+ | A | B+ | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 5 |
| 9.6 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 31 |
| 9.4 | — | 12 | 9 | — | 21 |
| 9.2 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 9.0 | — | — | 4 | — | 4 |
| 8.0 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 2 | 37 | 25 | 4 | 68 |
Made in USA, 55901A, Best Seller, Canadian Version (1 sealed pop)
Top observed grade: 9.6 (PSA scale extends to 10).
| Grade | A | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 9.6 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 1 |
Made in USA, 55901B, Best Seller - Player's Choice, Canadian Version (3 sealed pop)
Top observed grade: 9.6 (PSA scale extends to 10).
| Grade | A+ | A | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.6 | — | 1 | 1 |
| 9.4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Current Market Prices
PriceCharting hasn’t matched a catalog entry for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on GameCube yet — typically a sign of very-low-circulation regional editions or a variant PSA tracks but the wider market hasn’t indexed. Use the eBay sold-comps links below to check recent transactions directly.
Heritage Graded Sales
Heritage Auctions sold results below are real auction transactions for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on GameCube. 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 Heritage sale signals, sorted by format, recency, and realized-price signal. PSA production variants can price differently, so the sale records keep Heritage’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 |
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| Factory sealed | VGA 95 | Last sale $2,375 | Jul 10, 2025 | 1 |
| Factory sealed (Made in USA 55850a) | WATA 9.8 A+ | Last sale $1,750 | Oct 2, 2025 | 1 |
| Factory sealed (Made in Japan Best Seller Mid Production) | CGC 9.8 A++ | Last sale $375 | Jul 10, 2025 | 1 |
| Factory sealed (Made in Japan Best Seller Mid Production) | WATA 9.8 A | Last sale $238 | Jan 7, 2025 | 1 |
| Factory sealed (Security Case) | WATA 9.8 A+ | Last sale $2,640 | Apr 23, 2022 | 1 |
| Factory sealed | WATA 9.6 A+ | Last sale $930 | Nov 5, 2022 | 1 |
| Factory sealed (Security Case) | WATA 9.6 A+ | Last sale $870 | Aug 18, 2022 | 1 |
| Factory sealed (Made in USA 55850a) | WATA 9.6 A+ | Last sale $780 | Mar 7, 2024 | 1 |
| Factory sealed (Made in USA) | WATA 9.6 A+ | $480-$780 range | Nov 17, 2022 | 2 |
| Factory sealed (Security Case) | WATA 9.4 A+ | $588-$588 range | Sep 6, 2022 | 2 |
| Factory sealed | WATA 9.4 A | Last sale $516 | Feb 21, 2023 | 1 |
| Factory sealed (Made in USA) | WATA 9.4 A+ | Last sale $480 | Dec 13, 2022 | 1 |
Showing the top 12 Heritage sale signals; the sale-record table below includes every Heritage auction sale used on this page.
Sale records:
View all 23 Heritage sale records
| Date | Sold For | Grader / Grade | Format | Variant Notes | Source |
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| Oct 2, 2025 | $1,750 | WATA 9.8 A+ | Factory sealed | Made in USA 55850a | Lot 44329-80016 |
| Jul 10, 2025 | $2,375 | VGA 95 | Factory sealed | — | Lot 44316-79037 |
| Jul 10, 2025 | $375 | CGC 9.8 A++ | Factory sealed | Made in Japan Best Seller Mid Production | Lot 44316-79038 |
| Jan 7, 2025 | $238 | WATA 9.8 A | Factory sealed | Made in Japan Best Seller Mid Production | Lot 312501-66046 |
| Sep 5, 2024 | $475 | VGA 85+ | Factory sealed | Made in USA Best Seller Mid Production | Lot 44273-80026 |
| Aug 6, 2024 | $134 | CGC 9.2 A | Factory sealed | Made in USA Players Choice Best Seller | Lot 312432-66027 |
| Mar 7, 2024 | $780 | WATA 9.6 A+ | Factory sealed | Made in USA 55850a | Lot 44237-80014 |
| Aug 8, 2023 | $228 | WATA 8.5 A | Factory sealed | — | Lot 312332-67066 |
| Feb 21, 2023 | $516 | WATA 9.4 A | Factory sealed | — | Lot 312308-68102 |
| Feb 14, 2023 | $216 | WATA 9.4 A | Factory sealed | Made in USA Best Seller Mid Production | Lot 312307-67105 |
| Jan 10, 2023 | $432 | WATA 9.4 A | Factory sealed | Made in USA | Lot 312302-67093 |
| Jan 10, 2023 | $222 | WATA 9.4 B+ | Factory sealed | Made in Japan Best Seller | Lot 312302-67094 |
| Dec 27, 2022 | $180 | WATA 9.0 A | Factory sealed | — | Lot 312252-69108 |
| Dec 13, 2022 | $480 | WATA 9.4 A+ | Factory sealed | Made in USA | Lot 312250-67066 |
| Nov 17, 2022 | $480 | WATA 9.6 A+ | Factory sealed | Made in USA | Lot 44170-80035 |
| Nov 8, 2022 | $312 | WATA 9.6 A+ | Factory sealed | Made in Japan | Lot 312245-67099 |
| Nov 5, 2022 | $930 | WATA 9.6 A+ | Factory sealed | — | Lot 7290-29160 |
| Oct 11, 2022 | $432 | WATA 9.2 A | Factory sealed | Made in USA | Lot 312241-67120 |
| Sep 29, 2022 | $780 | WATA 9.6 A+ | Factory sealed | Made in USA | Lot 44172-80181 |
| Sep 6, 2022 | $588 | WATA 9.4 A+ | Factory sealed | Security Case | Lot 312236-66086 |
| Aug 23, 2022 | $588 | WATA 9.4 A+ | Factory sealed | Security Case | Lot 312234-69096 |
| Aug 18, 2022 | $870 | WATA 9.6 A+ | Factory sealed | Security Case | Lot 44167-80035 |
| Apr 23, 2022 | $2,640 | WATA 9.8 A+ | Factory sealed | Security Case | Lot 7286-29159 |
Listings
Each link below opens an eBay search filtered to that condition, scoped to Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on GameCube. “Sold” pulls completed/sold listings (use this for price research). “Listings” pulls current active listings (use this to find a copy to buy).
Why Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Matters for Grading
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is one of the more heavily-graded GameCube titles, with 201 PSA populations on record across loose, CIB, and sealed. Strong submission volume signals collector demand — and grade premiums are the market’s vote on which copies are scarce. The sealed condition dominates submissions (198 of 201, ~98%) — a strong signal that’s where most collector value sits for this title. Because PSA tracks 6 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 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door GameCube worth grading?
Mostly for sealed copies. The sealed-state population (198) outweighs CIB and loose for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, 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 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door?
PSA tracks 198 graded sealed copies of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for GameCube. 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 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door?
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 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door?
PSA recognizes 6 distinct production variants of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on GameCube. 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.
Related Resources
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GameCube Game Library (forthcoming) — every variant PSA tracks for this console.
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