Lt. Surge's Pikachu

A PSA 10 currently sells for about $499.34, raw the card sits at $8.67 — 57,6× as much. Of 1.837 copies already graded, 10 % received a 10 and 28 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns $120.53 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 127 auctions the median was $5.31, across 316 fixed-price sales $5.84. Fixed price therefore fetched about 10 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between $3.87 and $7.87, with a median of $5.39. 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 $2.82. Offers well below $1.69 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: Japanese $8.97 (14), English $6.88 (567). Japanese fetches about 30 % 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.