Gyarados · Reverse Holo

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £4,613, raw the card sits at £52.45 — 88.0× as much. Of 1.050 copies already graded, 10 % received a 10 and 37 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £810.24 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 75 auctions the median was £37.39, across 164 fixed-price sales £41.28. Fixed price therefore fetched about 10 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £25.42 and £45.36, with a median of £33.37. 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 £16.80. Offers well below £10.08 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 £45.63 (16), English £43.30 (204). The difference is small — language barely matters here.

Last Sold 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.