Cubone

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £645.20, raw the card sits at £29.23 — 22,1× as much. Of 379 copies already graded, 31 % received a 10 and 29 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £329.30 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 53 auctions the median was £11.37, across 156 fixed-price sales £13.26. 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 £9.52 and £15.42, with a median of £12.72. 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 £6.37. Offers well below £3.82 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 £14.65 (254), German £10.62 (11). English fetches about 38 % 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.