Pokémon/Base Set/Wartortle #42 Evolution Box Error

Wartortle #42

Base Set Evolution Box Error Uncommon · 1999 · Illustrated by Ken Sugimori

Total graded 467 PSA 10 population 18 Sales on record 52

$3,000

18 graded PSA 10 · 3.9% of copies

Last recorded sale, 2026-03-30. Too few sales in the last year for an average.

All 7 printings of this card

PSA prices each printing separately and they differ by more than an order of magnitude. Make sure you are looking at the right one.

Base Set Unlimited $305 PSA 10 · pop 829 Base Set 1st Edition $12,600 PSA 10 · pop 128 Base Set Shadowless $384 PSA 10 · pop 348 Base Set Evolution Box Error $3,000 PSA 10 · pop 18 Base Set Trainer Deck B $1,370 PSA 10 · pop 54 Base Set 1999-2000 Copyright $300 PSA 10 · pop 186 Base Set Inverted Back no PSA 10 graded

Value by grade

The rate column is how often a submitted copy earns that grade. A low PSA 10 rate is what makes a gem copy expensive.

Grade	Value	Population	Rate	Graded higher	Listings
PSA 10	$3,000	18	3.9%	none	Buy PSA 10 →
PSA 9	$515	105	22.5%	18	Buy PSA 9 →
PSA 8	$399	133	28.5%	123	Buy PSA 8 →
PSA 7	$180	79	16.9%	256	Buy PSA 7 →
PSA 6	$200	50	10.7%	335	Buy PSA 6 →
PSA 5	$180	28	6.0%	385	Buy PSA 5 →

PSA 9 value over time

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PSA 10 population over time

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Recent sales

52 recorded sales. Filter by grade to see only the ones you care about.

PSA 7 1999 POKEMON BASE SET EVOLUTION BOX ERR #42 WARTORTLE PSA 7 #42 Similar sold listings → $1552026-07-31

1999 Pokemon Wartortle Evolution Box Error PSA 7 Base Set 42 102 Rare flevre · Best Offer · Similar sold listings → $2552026-07-21

Pokemon Wartortle Base Set 42/102 Evolution Box ERROR PSA 8 jscottyson · Best Offer · Similar sold listings → $4252026-07-21

Pokemon Wartortle 42/102 Base Set 1999 PSA 3 Evolution Box Error Uncommon Card shinylightbulb · Fixed Price · Similar sold listings → $952026-07-15

Pokemon 1999 PSA 3 NM-MT Base Set Wartortle Evolution Box ERROR pokeman32 · Best Offer · Similar sold listings → $1202026-07-05

Pokemon Card PSA 6 EX-MT Wartortle STAGE ERROR Base Set Very Rare Version 42/102 lunacardsau · Auction · Similar sold listings → $1792026-06-30

PSA 4 Fanatics Collect · Best Offer Sold at Fanatics Collect · Best Offer $2002026-06-15

PSA 9 1999 Pokemon Base Set Evolution Box Error #42 - PSA MINT 9 Sold at Goldin Auctions · Auction · View lot → $4272026-06-15

Pokemon 1999 PSA 8 NM-MT Base Set Wartortle Evolution Box ERROR bluexgames · Best Offer · Similar sold listings → $4002026-06-01 PSA 6 eBay · Fixed Price Similar sold listings → $2002026-05-25 PSA 8 eBay · Best Offer Similar sold listings → $3992026-05-25 PSA 8 eBay · Best Offer Similar sold listings → $3252026-05-17

eBay sales open eBay's sold listings for this card and grade. Auction house sales are shown for the record and are not linked.

How these figures are calculated

Method: Trimmed median of PSA-recorded sold prices, never a mean.
Window: The last 30 days, widening to 90 then 180 days only until at least 5 sales are found. Cards from sets released through 2007 may widen once more, to 12 months, because they trade a few times a year. Older sales never set a current price.
Floor: Fewer than 3 sales after trimming and no figure is published, rather than printing a guess.
Sources: PSA auction price records, 52 on file for this printing.

Card details

Illustrator

Ken Sugimori

Type

Water

Stage

Stage 1

Evolves from

Squirtle

Weakness

Lightning ×2

Retreat cost

Attack

Withdraw, Bite (40)

Released

1999-01-09

Often hides in water to stalk unweary prey. When swimming quickly, it moves its ears to maintain balance.

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Wartortle #42

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