Bulk value gets quoted per thousand cards, and the range is wide because "bulk" covers everything from mixed commons someone dumped out of a shoebox to a pile that's already been sorted by rarity. General market ranges, consistent with what working sellers report actually paying and getting paid:
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Mixed, unsorted bulk
Whatever's in the box, no separation by rarity or condition.
$/10003–6
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Sorted bulk
Separated by set or rarity, saving the buyer the sorting labor.
$/10005–10
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Reverse holo bulk
Shiny cards specifically, sold as their own category.
$/100010–20
Why sorting adds 20 to 40% before anyone even looks at rarity
A buyer paying for unsorted bulk is also paying, indirectly, for the hours it'll take someone to go through it. Sorted bulk skips that entirely, which is worth a real premium on its own, separate from whatever value the individual cards carry. This is the same logic covered in how to sort bulk fast: the sorting labor itself is a cost, and someone pays it either way.
Rough per-card ranges once value gets pulled out
- Commons and uncommons: roughly 2 to 5 cents each
- Plain rares: roughly 10 to 25 cents each
- Holo rares: roughly 25 cents to $1 each
- Ultra rares (V, EX, GX and similar): commonly $1 to $5 each, sometimes more depending on the specific card
These are general ranges, not a quote. A specific card's real value always depends on the actual set, condition and current market, checked at the time of sale, not assumed from a general table (more on why in how to sell Pokémon bulk step by step).
The math worth doing before selling a lot as-is
A stack of 50 cards worth $1 to $5 each ($50 to $250 total) can be worth more than the remaining 4,950 commons in the same lot combined. Pulling holo rares and reverse holos out before selling the rest as bulk, instead of selling the whole thing unsorted at a flat bulk rate, is almost always worth the extra time, exactly the sorting process covered in how to sort Pokémon bulk.
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