Dark Charizard

A PSA 10 currently sells for about $21,230, raw the card sits at $2,729 — 7,8× as much. Of 13.027 copies already graded, 6 % received a 10 and 30 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns $3,739 on average, before fees and shipping. So submitting only pays off if the card truly hits a 10 — at any lower grade little remains after fees. The grade distribution comes from the PSA Population Report; people pre-sort before submitting, so your own hit rate may differ.

Across 251 auctions the median was $976.64, across 250 fixed-price sales $946.14. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between $353.33 and $766.29, with a median of $589.31. 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 $196.25. Offers well below $117.75 are typically fakes, mislabelled cards or a different variant — ask for photos of all four borders and a close-up of the surface.

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.