Arceus

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £6,133, raw the card sits at £36.39 — 168,5× as much. Of 776 copies already graded, 5 % received a 10 and 26 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £594.96 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 40 auctions the median was £21.35, across 67 fixed-price sales £21.26. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £12.80 and £26.39, with a median of £18.74. 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 £9.38. Offers well below £5.63 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 £23.38 (13), English £17.47 (155). German fetches about 34 % 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.