Lugia EX

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £529.48, raw the card sits at £10.20 — 51,9× as much. Of 455 copies already graded, 7 % received a 10 and 17 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £85.82 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 66 auctions the median was £5.43, across 170 fixed-price sales £6.47. Fixed price therefore fetched about 19 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £3.77 and £8.16, with a median of £5.37. 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 £2.65. Offers well below £1.59 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 £6.57 (332), Italian £5.31 (14). English fetches about 24 % 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.