Bulbasaur

A PSA 10 currently sells for about $101.18, raw the card sits at $19.65 — 5.1× as much. Of 21.376 copies already graded, 61 % received a 10 and 34 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns $75.67 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 478 auctions the median was $29.13, across 633 fixed-price sales $30.76. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between $20.95 and $34.03, with a median of $27.39. 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 $18.35. Offers well below $11.01 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: French $45.26 (54), Italian $24.15 (113), German $22.02 (128). French fetches about 130 % 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.