Surfing Pikachu VMAX

A PSA 10 currently sells for about $92.66, raw the card sits at $8.68 — 10,7× as much. Of 3.628 copies already graded, 49 % received a 10 and 42 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns $62.80 on average, before fees and shipping. Rule of thumb: submit when the value at a realistic grade is at least double the raw value — which is the case here. Centering decides it: an off-centre card will not get a 10. The grade distribution comes from the PSA Population Report; people pre-sort before submitting, so your own hit rate may differ.

Across 30 auctions the median was $18.20, across 67 fixed-price sales $11.30. Auctions therefore fetched about 61 % more — worth it mainly for sought-after cards with several bidders.

Half of all sales fell between $6.25 and $8.88, with a median of $7.30. Selling fast lands you nearer the lower end; with patience, good photos and a complete title the upper end is achievable.

The cheapest genuine sales were around $5.21. Offers well below $3.13 are typically fakes, mislabelled cards or a different variant — ask for photos of all four borders and a close-up of the surface.

From real sales: German $7.85 (11), English $7.40 (284). The difference is small — language barely matters here.

lastsold uses only real sales — eBay plus auction houses like Goldin & Fanatics — recent sales count more (recency weighting), outliers and fakes are removed. It's not an estimate but actual sold prices, separated by condition, language and grading.