Lucario & Melmetal GX

A PSA 10 currently sells for about $221.71, raw the card sits at $37.55 — 5.9× as much. Of 2.911 copies already graded, 50 % received a 10 and 36 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns $137.38 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 82 auctions the median was $23.06, across 201 fixed-price sales $29.82. Fixed price therefore fetched about 29 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between $21.83 and $33.82, with a median of $26.32. 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 $17.56. Offers well below $10.54 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 $38.63 (10), English $28.93 (287), German $23.89 (10). 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.