Magikarp

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £2,369, raw the card sits at £130.77 — 18,1× as much. Of 2.194 copies already graded, 12 % received a 10 and 36 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £620.22 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 45 auctions the median was £46.77, across 47 fixed-price sales £38.26. Auctions therefore fetched about 22 % more — worth it mainly for sought-after cards with several bidders.

Half of all sales fell between £15.10 and £98.30, with a median of £34.44. 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 £7.65. Offers well below £4.59 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 £82.20 (40), French £30.47 (19). English fetches about 170 % 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.