Blastoise ex

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £370.51, raw the card sits at £90.04 — 4,1× as much. Of 62.641 copies already graded, 31 % received a 10 and 49 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £193.29 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 484 auctions the median was £115.22, across 713 fixed-price sales £119.34. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £97.69 and £123.47, with a median of £108.74. 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 £87.22. Offers well below £52.33 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: German £109.69 (105), French £109.06 (42), English £90.17 (1479). German fetches about 33 % 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.