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Pokémon Emerald Version (GBA): PSA Pop Report & Prices

Published 2026-09-16 · Updated 2026-11-05 · by Jason Trogdon
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PSA has graded 331 Pokémon Emerald Version Game Boy Advance copies on record — 135 CIB, 196 sealed. PSA tracks 2 distinct production variants separately. PriceCharting lists sealed copies at $790. This page is the per-game pop + price + grading reference for Pokémon Emerald Version on Game Boy Advance — updated weekly from PSA’s official population data and PriceCharting’s market catalog.

Loose
POP 0
Market: $215
CIB
POP 135
Market: $700
Sealed
POP 196
Market: $790

Quick Facts

Variant Comparison

PSA recognizes 2 distinct production variants of Pokémon Emerald Version, each tracked on its own population row.

Variant Loose Pop CIB Pop Sealed Pop Total
Made in Japan, “Only For” Logo — 133 193 326
Made in Japan, “Plays on DS” Logo — 2 3 5

PSA Pop by Condition

Tables below show Pokémon Emerald Version’s PSA grade breakdown for each condition, across the 2 variants PSA recognizes for this title.

Loose Cartridge

PSA hasn’t graded any loose copies of Pokémon Emerald Version for Game Boy Advance yet.

Complete in Box (CIB)

Total graded: 135

Variant Pop Grade Breakdown
Made in Japan, “Only For” Logo 133 9.6: 3 · 9.4: 22 · 9.2: 22 · 9.0: 34 · 8.5: 17 · 8.0: 20 · 7.5: 7 · 7.0: 4 · 6.5: 4
Made in Japan, “Plays on DS” Logo 2 9.4: 2

Factory Sealed

Total graded: 196

Sealed summary by variant:

Variant Total Pop Top Numeric Grade Best Seal Grade
Made in Japan, “Only For” Logo 193 10 A++
Made in Japan, “Plays on DS” Logo 3 9.4 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: 10 (PSA ceiling).

Grade A++ A+ A B+ B Total
10 1 — — — — 1
9.8 18 7 — — — 25
9.6 4 25 3 1 — 33
9.4 4 29 2 — — 35
9.2 2 18 3 2 — 25
9.0 2 9 6 3 — 20
8.5 1 17 6 3 — 27
8.0 — 3 5 2 — 10
7.5 — 2 4 1 — 7
7.0 — 1 2 — 1 4
6.5 — 1 1 3 — 5
<6.5 — — 1 1 2 4
Total 32 112 33 16 3 196

Per-variant grade × seal matrices

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

Made in Japan, "Only For" Logo (193 sealed pop)

Top observed grade: 10 (PSA ceiling).

Grade A++ A+ A B+ B Total
10 1 — — — — 1
9.8 18 7 — — — 25
9.6 4 25 3 1 — 33
9.4 4 28 2 — — 34
9.2 2 17 3 2 — 24
9.0 2 9 6 3 — 20
8.5 1 17 6 3 — 27
8.0 — 3 4 2 — 9
7.5 — 2 4 1 — 7
7.0 — 1 2 — 1 4
6.5 — 1 1 3 — 5
<6.5 — — 1 1 2 4
Total 32 110 32 16 3 193
Made in Japan, "Plays on DS" Logo (3 sealed pop)

Top observed grade: 9.4 (PSA scale extends to 10).

Grade A+ A Total
9.4 1 — 1
9.2 1 — 1
8.0 — 1 1
Total 2 1 3

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 is PriceCharting’s “New” price — 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 2 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 Pokémon Emerald Version on Game Boy Advance. They complement the PriceCharting loose / CIB / sealed benchmarks above; they are not estimates and they are not blended into PriceCharting’s ungraded market prices.

The first table sums up this game’s auction sales by format. The sale records keep each auction house’s own variant notes, because a lot listing doesn’t always say which PSA variant it is.

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 (Early Production; Made in Japan, “only For” Logo) PSA 9.8 A++ Last sale $122,732 Oct 26, 2026 1
Factory sealed (Made in Japan, “only For” Logo) WATA 10 A++ Last sale $69,136 Sep 14, 2025 1
Factory sealed VGA 95 Last sale $25,000 Nov 23, 2024 1
Factory sealed (Early Production; Made in Japan, “only For” Logo) WATA 9.8 A++ Last sale $23,196 Mar 9, 2026 1
Factory sealed (Early Production; Made in Japan, “only For” Logo) WATA 9.6 A+ Last sale $20,741 Sep 10, 2026 1
Factory sealed (Only For Logo Early Production) WATA 9.8 A+ $17,500-$17,500 range Mar 28, 2026 2
Factory sealed WATA 9.8 A++ Median $16,875 Nov 22, 2025 3
Factory sealed VGA 90+ Last sale $16,250 Aug 23, 2025 1
Factory sealed (Made in Japan, “only For” Logo) WATA 9.8 A+ Last sale $13,487 Jun 18, 2026 1
Factory sealed (Only For Logo) WATA 9.8 A+ Last sale $13,125 May 24, 2025 1
Factory sealed (Made in Japan, “only For” Logo, E Rating) PSA 9.6 A++ Last sale $11,597 May 18, 2026 1
Factory sealed WATA 9.6 A+ Median $6,894 Aug 23, 2025 4

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

Sale records:

View all 38 auction sale records
Date Sold For Grader / Grade Format Variant Notes Source
Oct 26, 2026 $122,732 PSA 9.8 A++ Factory sealed Early Production; Made in Japan, “only For” Logo Goldin lot 202609-1813-4855-701b2065-95ca-4ca9-8258-4d2f2587eb76
Sep 10, 2026 $20,741 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed Early Production; Made in Japan, “only For” Logo Goldin lot 202608-1315-3425-530090df-5362-4c52-b32d-3ada4b093c35
Sep 10, 2026 $4,270 CGC 9.8 CIB Made in Japan, E Rating, Foil, 100% Cib; Includes Poster & Nintendo Power Offer Inserts Goldin lot 202608-0619-0720-0b72c537-32b2-4421-bf9c-31ce3b9e430e
Jun 18, 2026 $13,487 WATA 9.8 A+ Factory sealed Made in Japan, “only For” Logo Goldin lot 202605-1915-2625-cd8ea2d6-2329-4c86-bf2b-11b90aa73210
May 18, 2026 $11,597 PSA 9.6 A++ Factory sealed Made in Japan, “only For” Logo, E Rating Goldin lot 202603-2415-1601-f58a2838-8c8a-4cb4-81f5-a13cb1a9dad1
Mar 28, 2026 $17,500 WATA 9.8 A+ Factory sealed Only For Logo Early Production Lot 7452-28090
Mar 17, 2026 $3,250 WATA 9.2 B+ Factory sealed Only For Logo Early Production Lot 312611-68040
Mar 9, 2026 $23,196 WATA 9.8 A++ Factory sealed Early Production; Made in Japan, “only For” Logo Goldin lot 202602-1214-5126-78e17997-f5a9-4937-8645-0f8d004df8f8
Feb 26, 2026 $5,266 VGA NM+ 85+ Factory sealed — Goldin lot 202509-1513-4629-ffbf8724-8202-498d-a666-73153e7f248e
Jan 22, 2026 $17,500 WATA 9.8 A+ Factory sealed Only For Logo Early Production Lot 44343-79102
Jan 22, 2026 $5,125 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed Only For Logo Early Production Lot 44343-79103
Nov 22, 2025 $16,875 WATA 9.8 A++ Factory sealed — Lot 7428-28091
Nov 22, 2025 $4,250 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 7428-28092
Nov 11, 2025 $4,125 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed Only For Logo Early Production Lot 312545-67031
Sep 14, 2025 $69,136 WATA 10 A++ Factory sealed Made in Japan, “only For” Logo Goldin lot 202506-2015-5005-d47d925b-222b-4259-babf-144bf0e9424d
Aug 23, 2025 $16,250 VGA 90+ Factory sealed — Lot 7416-28092
Aug 23, 2025 $7,188 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 7416-28093
Jul 10, 2025 $6,250 CGC 9.6 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 44316-79016
Jun 24, 2025 $2,500 VGA 80 Factory sealed — Lot 312525-69043
May 24, 2025 $13,125 WATA 9.8 A+ Factory sealed Only For Logo Lot 7415-28123
Nov 23, 2024 $25,000 VGA 95 Factory sealed — Lot 7382-28094
Sep 22, 2024 $824 CGC 9.4 CIB — Goldin lot 202407-0311-5642-1f597500-133b-424d-8a36-301649201cb1
Jul 21, 2024 $3,667 WATA 9.2 A++ Factory sealed Made in Japan, E Rating, Foil USA Code Goldin lot 202405-3018-3819-0a67cddd-1c60-45cb-b49e-c47624e9d89c
Nov 4, 2023 $6,000 CGC 9.6 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 7350-28090
Jul 6, 2023 $2,340 CGC 8.5 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 44202-80012
Jan 20, 2023 $14,400 WATA 9.8 A++ Factory sealed — Lot 7348-28087
Nov 22, 2022 $3,600 WATA 9.2 A+ Factory sealed Play On Ds Logo Lot 312247-69091
Apr 22, 2022 $6,000 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 7286-28146
Jan 28, 2022 $9,000 WATA 9.6 A++ Factory sealed — Lot 7284-28107
Jan 25, 2022 $5,760 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 312204-69068
Nov 30, 2021 $3,600 WATA 9.2 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 312148-70055
Nov 2, 2021 $840 WATA 9.2 CIB — Lot 312144-66063
Oct 29, 2021 $6,600 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 7263-28177
Aug 24, 2021 $16,200 WATA 9.2 A++ Factory sealed — Lot 312134-69087
Jul 11, 2021 $72,000 WATA 9.8 A++ Factory sealed — Lot 7261-28146
Jul 11, 2021 $31,200 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 7261-28147
Apr 5, 2021 $55,200 WATA 9.8 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 7242-93075
Apr 5, 2021 $19,200 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 7242-93076

Listings

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

Why Pokémon Emerald Version Matters for Grading

PSA has graded 331 copies of Pokémon Emerald Version on Game Boy Advance (196 sealed, 135 CIB). On PriceCharting, sealed copies are $790 and loose carts $215, about 4× apart. PSA tracks 2 variants as separate population rows (see Variant Comparison above).

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Pokémon Emerald Version Game Boy Advance worth grading?

PSA has graded 331 copies of Pokémon Emerald Version on Game Boy Advance (196 sealed, 135 CIB). PriceCharting lists loose at $215, CIB at $700 and sealed at $790. The Graded Sales table above lists graded copies’ auction results.

How rare is a graded sealed copy of Pokémon Emerald Version?

PSA has graded 196 sealed copies of Pokémon Emerald Version for Game Boy Advance. The highest grade it has given one is 10 (1 copy).

Which variants of Pokémon Emerald Version does PSA track?

PSA lists 2 variants of Pokémon Emerald Version on Game Boy Advance: Made in Japan, “Only For” Logo (326 graded); Made in Japan, “Plays on DS” Logo (5 graded). The Variant Comparison table above has each one’s population by condition.

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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