Bulbasaur

A PSA 10 currently sells for about $199.49, raw the card sits at $8.23 — 24,2× as much. Of 689 copies already graded, 32 % received a 10 and 38 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns $108.46 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 10 auctions the median was $5.94, across 34 fixed-price sales $3.43. Auctions therefore fetched about 73 % more — worth it mainly for sought-after cards with several bidders.

Half of all sales fell between $2.93 and $5.86, with a median of $3.93. 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 $2.09. Offers well below $1.25 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 $6.60 (11), English $4.12 (291). German fetches about 60 % 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.