Gyarados · Reverse Holo

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £4,644, raw the card sits at £52.61 — 88.3× as much. Of 1.050 copies already graded, 10 % received a 10 and 37 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £842.98 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 69 auctions the median was £37.75, across 165 fixed-price sales £41.56. 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 £25.59 and £46.41, with a median of £33.59. 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 £16.74. Offers well below £10.05 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: English £47.64 (203), Italian £45.93 (16). 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.