Lucario

A PSA 10 currently sells for about $283.23, raw the card sits at $7.69 — 36,8× as much. Of 400 copies already graded, 41 % received a 10 and 48 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns $138.80 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 5 auctions the median was $11.79, across 48 fixed-price sales $7.17. Auctions therefore fetched about 64 % more — worth it mainly for sought-after cards with several bidders.

Half of all sales fell between $4.93 and $7.29, with a median of $5.93. 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 $4.12. Offers well below $2.47 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 $6.35 (51), English $5.86 (117). The difference is small — language barely matters here.

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.