{
  "url": "https://www.moonstonehq.com/articles/which-market-price",
  "slug": "which-market-price",
  "title": "Which Market Price? The Same Card Has Three Honest Numbers",
  "summary": "Fossil Moltres is a $193 card, a $61 card, and a $200 card at the same time, and none of those numbers is wrong. Which one matters depends entirely on what you are about to do. A field guide to the three prices every card carries.",
  "section": "Buyer's Guide",
  "published": "2026-08-26",
  "readMinutes": 6,
  "publisher": "moonstone",
  "findings": [],
  "tables": [
    {
      "title": "Fossil Moltres, one card, three prices, August 2026",
      "columns": [
        "Number",
        "What it measures",
        "When it matters"
      ],
      "rows": [
        {
          "Number": "$192.61 TCGplayer market",
          "What it measures": "recent marketplace sales, mixed conditions, listed supply",
          "When it matters": "what you pay a store today"
        },
        {
          "Number": "$61 eBay raw sold median",
          "What it measures": "verified individual raw sales at auction and best offer",
          "When it matters": "what a raw copy actually fetches when you sell"
        },
        {
          "Number": "$199.99 PSA 9 sold median (72 sales)",
          "What it measures": "the graded market for one specific grade",
          "When it matters": "what a slab is worth, never derived from raw"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "charts": [],
  "sections": [
    "Why the spreads are real"
  ],
  "method": [
    "Prices pulled August 26, 2026: TCGplayer market from our daily sync, eBay raw and PSA 9 medians rebuilt from individual sold listings verified per listing for card, set, number, and printing. The PSA 9 figure stood on 72 verified sales in the graded snapshot of that week. The three figures are as of that date and have not been refreshed: the Fossil Moltres TCGplayer quote held $192.61 through September 6, 2026 and has since marked down to $65.88, which moves the levels and not the lesson. This is one card; the population version, on 316 cards and four numbers rather than three, is [Why Pokémon Card Prices Differ by Source](/articles/why-pokemon-card-prices-differ-by-source)."
  ],
  "terms": "Figures are moonstone's own recorded measurements, dated as published. Quote them with the population stated beside them. The article at `url` is the human form of this file."
}