Zapdos

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £2,592, raw the card sits at £15.29 — 169,5× as much. Of 507 copies already graded, 5 % received a 10 and 28 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £265.30 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 37 auctions the median was £7.84, across 120 fixed-price sales £9.74. Fixed price therefore fetched about 24 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £5.94 and £13.27, with a median of £8.34. 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 £4.09. Offers well below £2.45 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 £11.29 (197), German £6.05 (11). English fetches about 87 % 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.