Beedrill

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £89.92, raw the card sits at £4.37 — 20,6× as much. Of 807 copies already graded, 11 % received a 10 and 23 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £39.61 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 107 auctions the median was £2.67, across 255 fixed-price sales £3.53. Fixed price therefore fetched about 32 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £1.98 and £4.61, with a median of £3.05. 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 £1.16. Offers well below £0.70 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 £7.63 (13), Italian £3.47 (42), German £3.34 (77). French fetches about 198 % 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.