Arcanine

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £2,515, raw the card sits at £78.95 — 31,9× as much. Of 2.318 copies already graded, 14 % received a 10 and 32 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £665.26 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 33 auctions the median was £42.09, across 32 fixed-price sales £76.52. Fixed price therefore fetched about 82 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £12.33 and £65.48, with a median of £37.84. 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 £7.92. Offers well below £4.75 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 £71.11 (17), French £42.10 (12). English fetches about 69 % 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.