Espeon

A PSA 10 currently sells for about $1,384, raw the card sits at $17.20 — 80.5× as much. Of 1.855 copies already graded, 6 % received a 10 and 36 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns $169.44 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 56 auctions the median was $10.32, across 253 fixed-price sales $14.32. Fixed price therefore fetched about 39 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between $9.91 and $16.75, with a median of $13.31. 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 $6.37. Offers well below $3.82 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 $20.46 (74), English $14.72 (442), German $10.85 (19). Italian fetches about 89 % 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.