Shining Arceus

A PSA 10 currently sells for about $504.47, raw the card sits at $34.69 — 14,5× as much. Of 7.249 copies already graded, 27 % received a 10 and 49 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns $186.87 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 59 auctions the median was $32.31, across 216 fixed-price sales $34.36. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between $22.47 and $34.19, with a median of $27.30. 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 $17.75. Offers well below $10.65 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: English $30.00 (317), French $24.43 (12), German $15.57 (15). English fetches about 93 % 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.