Gyarados

A PSA 10 currently sells for about $854.45, raw the card sits at $9.83 — 86,9× as much. Of 7.327 copies already graded, 5 % received a 10 and 60 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns $83.88 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 206 auctions the median was $8.77, across 399 fixed-price sales $8.39. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between $5.22 and $9.71, 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 $3.45. Offers well below $2.07 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: Italian $22.97 (46), German $8.98 (16), English $8.07 (850). Italian fetches about 185 % more.

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.