Gyarados

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £2,543, raw the card sits at £38.83 — 65,5× as much. Of 1.022 copies already graded, 5 % received a 10 and 21 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £336.61 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 125 auctions the median was £29.43, across 390 fixed-price sales £34.37. Fixed price therefore fetched about 17 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £20.05 and £43.52, with a median of £30.22. 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 £13.83. Offers well below £8.30 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 £44.65 (18), English £38.38 (725), Italian £36.56 (97). German fetches about 31 % 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.