Professor's ResearchBlack Bolt 85/86 price & value
$0.12
down −46%4 weeks · Volatile
Low confidence
Low confidence
How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades.
- 10 ungraded in the last 90 days, all conditions
- 7 sales on record listed as near mint
- Last sale Nov 1, 2026
Medium liquidity59/100
Medium liquidity
Trades regularly, with some spread between sale prices.
About 3 ungraded copies sell a month across all conditions, the pace of the last 90 days.
How we measure liquidity →Near mint · UltraBall Market Value · 10 ungraded sales in the last 90 days, all conditions · as of Nov 12, 2026
Graded: PSA 9 $10.29PSA 10 $30.87
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Prices updated Nov 12, 2026 · How we calculate the UltraBall Market Value
People ask about this card
- What is Professor's Research 85/86 worth raw, in PSA 9 and in PSA 10?
- As of Nov 12, 2026, Professor's Research 85/86 is about $0.12 ungraded near mint (10 sales in 90 days); PSA 9 about $10.29; PSA 10 about $30.87. Every grade’s price.
- Which printing of Professor's Research 85/86 is this, and why do two copies differ in price?
- Professor's Research 85/86 comes in 2 printings: Non-Holo $0.12 ungraded, Reverse Holo $0.19 ungraded. Reverse holo or non-holo: the reverse holo’s border and text box shine; the non-holo has no shine anywhere. Printings compared.
Professor's Research 85/86 price over time
- Recorded prices, joined day to day
Ungraded, 1 year: $0.06 on Nov 11, 2025, $0.12 on Nov 12, 2026. Lowest $0.05, highest $0.25.
- Now
- $0.12
- 4 weeks
- −46%
- 90 days
- −53%
- 1 year
- +95%
- Highest, 1Y
- $0.25
- Lowest, 1Y
- $0.05
Recorded history starts July 2025. Earlier history is monthly averages; from August 29, 2026 the line is a smoothed 7-day average of daily prices, so single-day swings don’t show. Between recorded prices, the line and its daily values are estimated from the prices either side.
Professor's Research 85/86 price by month
Ungraded, at the end of each month, newest first: the line above read off at each month’s last day. The latest month ends on today’s UltraBall Market Value.
| Month | Ungraded | Change on month |
|---|---|---|
| November 2026to Nov 12, 2026 | $0.12 | down −37% |
| October 2026 | $0.19 | up +36% |
| September 2026 | $0.14 | down −42% |
| August 2026 | $0.24 | – |
| July 2026 | $0.16 | down −33% |
| June 2026 | $0.24 | up +200% |
| May 2026 | $0.08 | 0.0% |
| April 2026 | $0.08 | down −11% |
| March 2026 | $0.09 | up +80% |
| February 2026 | $0.05 | down −29% |
| January 2026 | $0.07 | down −12% |
| December 2025 | $0.08 | up +33% |
Recent verified sales
RawPokemon TCG Professor's Research [Professor Juniper] 085/086 SV: Black Bolt UncoLikely best offer · asking price shownNov 1, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · View listing · Asking price, up to $1.95asking- RawProfessor's Research Trainer 085/086 Pokemon Card Black Bolt NM English 85/86Likely best offer · asking price shownOct 25, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · View listing · Asking price, up to $1.95asking
RawProfessor's Research Professor Juniper 085/086 Black Bolt Regular Pokemon TCGOffers taken · asking price shownOct 10, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · Offers taken · View listing · Asking price, up to $1.27asking
RawProfessor's Research [Professor Juniper] NM BLK 085/086Likely best offer · asking price shownOct 4, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · Buy It Now · View listing · Asking price, up to $1.00asking
RawProfessor's Research [Professor Juniper] [BLK - 085/086] U NMOffers taken · asking price shownSep 21, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · Offers taken · View listing · Asking price, up to $0.71asking
RawProfessor's Research Professor Program 085/086-Professor Juniper-SEALED PokemonOffers taken · asking price shownSep 19, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · Offers taken · View listing · Asking price, up to $63.49asking
RawProfessor's Research 085/086 Uncommon Black Bolt Pokemon Near MintLikely best offer · asking price shownSep 11, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · Buy It Now · View listing · Asking price, up to $2.58asking
RawProfessor's Research [Professor Juniper] 085/086 Pokemon Uncommon SV: Black BoltLikely best offer · asking price shownSep 2, 2026 · eBay · Condition not stated · Buy It Now · View listing · Asking price, up to $0.96asking
Graded values
Professor's Research 85/86 price by grade
| Grade | Market value | 4 wk | Sales/moSales a month | Last sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UngradedLow. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades. | $0.12 | down −46% volatile | 3Medium liquidity. Medium | –Low. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades. |
| PSA 10257.3× rawLimited. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades. | $30.87 | up +0.4% | No recent sales | –Limited. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades. |
| PSA 985.8× rawLimited. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades. | $10.29 | up +0.4% | No recent sales | –Limited. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades. |
Each graded row counts only that grade's sales; the ungraded row counts every condition. Sales a month is the 90-day pace. Last sale is the latest verified sale, never an asking price. How we calculate the UltraBall Market Value
Grade it with PSA?
Grade yours from photos →Change the costs, or add your own odds →- If it gets a PSA 10
- −$58.41
- If it gets a PSA 9
- −$76.26
- PSA fee for a PSA 10
- $59.99 Standard
- Slab sale price to break even
- $98.20at Standard, $59.99
- Grading pays, at today’s prices
- No priced grade
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- –
Against selling raw at $0.12, after the PSA fee for what the slab is worth (a 10 goes in at Standard, $59.99; a 9 at the same level), $25.00 shipping and insurance, and eBay US selling fees, as the selling calculator works them out, with its usual $5 postage and $1 packing on each sale: the same sum as the selling calculator. Each grade is charged the fee level its own slab price needs, so the break-even price carries the fee for a slab at that price, not the PSA 10 fee. These are outcomes if the card gets each grade, not the chance that it will. PSA has graded 7 copies; 2 got a 10.
Population report7 PSA graded · Grade breakdown and gem rate
PSA population
- PSA graded
- 7
- PSA 10
- 2
- PSA 9
- 3
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- –
- PSA 10s of all graded
Every PSA grade (3)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 2 | 29% |
| 9 | 3 | 43% |
| 8 | 2 | 29% |
PSA’s count of Sep 28, 2026. The rate is PSA 10s over every copy PSA has graded.
PSA’s count of Sep 28, 2026. PSA counts the cards it has graded, not every copy that exists. Compare with the low pop cards and the hardest PSA 10s.
About this card
Professor's Research is card 85 of 86 in the Black Bolt price guide, a set released in July 2025 during the Scarlet & Violet era. Its rarity is Uncommon. The artwork is by Taira Akitsu. In the checklist it sits after Pokégear 3.0 84/86 and before Prism Energy 86/86.
It is the 158th most valuable of the 172 priced cards in Black Bolt, behind Victini 171/86 (see the most valuable Black Bolt cards).
What the data says
The ungraded price line swung twofold or more inside the last four weeks (−46% on 7-day averages). Read that as unstable data, not a trend.
From prices of Nov 12, 2026 and sales to Nov 1, 2026. Observations, not advice or a forecast. How we read the market
Market snapshot
How each figure is worked out- 4 weeks
- −46%ungraded, between 7-day averages
- 90 days
- −53%ungraded; before Aug 29, 2026 from monthly averages
- 1 year
- +95%ungraded; before Aug 29, 2026 from monthly averages
- Direction
- Volatilethe line swung 2× or more inside the last four weeks: a thin market or an unstable feed
- High since daily tracking
- 49% under$0.23 on Oct 19, 2026, 7-day average; daily prices since Aug 29, 2026
- Liquidity
- Medium3.3 ungraded sales a month over 90 days
- Price confidence
- Low confidenceFew recent sales in this condition. Treat the figure as a rough guide.
- Ungraded sold
- 2in 30 days; 10 in 90
- PSA 10 population
- 2of 7 PSA graded, count of Sep 28, 2026
Printings compared
- Non-Holo · this pageNothing on the front shines.$0.12 ungraded
- Reverse HoloThe border and text box shine; the picture is flat.$0.19 ungradedPictured: the main print’s scan.
- Reverse holo or non-holo: the reverse holo’s border and text box shine; the non-holo has no shine anywhere.
- Set
- Black Bolt
- Number
- 85/86
- Set code
- BLK
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Released
- Jul 18, 2025
- Illustrator
- Taira Akitsu
- Printings
- Non-holo, Reverse holo
- Black Bolt checklistAll 172 cards with prices
- Most valuable Black Bolt cardsRanked by ungraded value
- Black Bolt chase cardsThe pulls collectors open packs for, with odds where we hold them
- Scarlet & Violet eraSets and chase cards from March 2023 on
- 2025 Pokémon cardsEvery set released in 2025, with prices
Cite this price
Professor's Research 85/86 (Black Bolt) is worth $0.12 ungraded as of Nov 12, 2026, according to UltraBall's Market Value (https://ultraball.com/cards/black-bolt/professors-research-85).
Professor's Research 85/86 (Black Bolt) is worth $0.12 ungraded as of Nov 12, 2026, according to UltraBall's Market Value (https://ultraball.com/cards/black-bolt/professors-research-85).
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As of Nov 12, 2026, Professor's Research 85/86 Black Bolt is worth about $0.12 ungraded. A PSA 10 copy is worth about $30.87. How we price cards.