Charizard

A PSA 10 currently sells for about $294.24, raw the card sits at $95.81 — 3.1× as much. Of 9.065 copies already graded, 55 % received a 10 and 38 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns $199.84 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 45 auctions the median was $144.24, across 65 fixed-price sales $107.18. Auctions therefore fetched about 35 % more — worth it mainly for sought-after cards with several bidders.

Half of all sales fell between $72.25 and $101.61, with a median of $89.08. 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 $39.90. Offers well below $23.94 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 $107.18 (31), English $96.09 (78). Italian fetches about 12 % 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.