Salamence LV. X

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £7,216, raw the card sits at £102.65 — 70,3× as much. Mathematically, submitting returns £7,216 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.

Across 26 auctions the median was £70.35, across 70 fixed-price sales £65.48. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £26.27 and £74.58, with a median of £44.12. 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 £16.16. Offers well below £9.69 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 £68.40 (66), German £64.61 (15). The difference is small — language barely matters here.

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.