Steven's Metagross ex

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £165.43, raw the card sits at £62.18 — 2,7× as much. Of 3.321 copies already graded, 64 % received a 10 and 30 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £128.83 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 268 auctions the median was £69.41, across 758 fixed-price sales £80.59. Fixed price therefore fetched about 16 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £63.77 and £88.89, with a median of £75.56. 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 £54.12. Offers well below £32.47 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: French £102.29 (24), English £62.18 (1159), German £45.06 (75). French fetches about 160 % 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.