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Caterpie · PokeLabs

Sets Base Set (Shadowless)

Caterpie

Set: Base Set (Shadowless)
Number: 45 / 101
Rarity: Common
Pokédex: #10 · Gen 1

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Base · Base Set (Shadowless) · #45

Caterpie

GrassBasicCommon40 HP

TCGplayer price · 1st Edition+$0.10 (0.2%)

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Market price

1st Edition

$61.27

Lightly Played: $34.63
Moderately Played: $23.98
Heavily Played: $22.75
Damaged: $16.98

137 sellers · from $0.89

Unlimited

$4.20

Lightly Played: $2.64
Moderately Played: $1.77

Market activity

46 recorded sales

$124.12PSA 9▲ trending up

12 recorded sales · last sold 9/27/26

9/27/26Pokémon PSA 9 1st Edition Caterpie 045/102 Base Set (Shadowless)eBay$137.84
7/6/261999 Pokemon Base Set Shadowless 1st Edition Caterpie #45 PSA 9 MINTeBay$162.00
6/8/261999 Pokemon Base Set Shadowless 1st Edition Caterpie #45 PSA 9 MINTeBay$276.00
5/18/261999 Pokemon Base Set 1st Edition Shadowless Caterpie #45 PSA 9 MINTeBay$204.00
5/18/261999 Pokemon Base Set Shadowless 1st Edition Caterpie #45 PSA 9 MINTeBay$192.00
5/11/261999 Pokemon Base Set Shadowless 1st Edition Caterpie #45 PSA 9 MINTeBay$264.00
3/16/261999 Pokemon Base Set Shadowless Caterpie #45 PSA 9 MINTeBay$24.00
10/20/251999 Pokemon Base Set Shadowless 1st Edition Caterpie #45 PSA 9 MINTeBay$110.40
7/11/251999 Pokemon Base Set Shadowless 1st Edition Caterpie #45 PSA 9 MINTeBay$70.00
4/28/251999 Pokemon Base Set Shadowless 1st Edition Caterpie #45 PSA 9 MINTeBay$51.60
2/12/241999 Pokemon Base Set Shadowless 1st Edition Caterpie #45 PSA 9 MINTeBay$44.00
3/9/231999 Pokemon Base Set Shadowless 1st Edition Caterpie #45 PSA 9 MINTeBay$90.00

Completed eBay sales, not asking prices. Grades backed by few sales are indicative.

Should I grade this?

Grading with PSA pays if your copy has better than a 17% chance of a 10.

30% of the 1,347 copies PSA has graded got a 10. People mostly send their cleanest copies, so a typical raw copy's odds are lower.

Raw (NM): $61.27; TCGplayer
PSA 10: $374.50; 9 sales
PSA 9: $124.12; 12 sales
If it misses: $94.75; below 10, by PSA's grades

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Evolution line

Caterpie
Metapod
Butterfree

Attacks

String Shot

10

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

G

Combat & details

Weakness: Fire ×2
Resistance: None
Retreat: C
Category: Pokémon
Artist: Ken Sugimori

Flavor

Worm Pokémon. Length: 1'0", Weight: 6 lbs. Its short feet are tipped with suction pads that enable it to tirelessly climb slopes and walls. LV. 13 #10

Heavily Played

$1.51

Damaged

$0.97

As of Oct 7

PSA population

29.9% grade a perfect 10, across 1,350 submissions.