Machoke

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £49.02, raw the card sits at £2.36 — 20,7× as much. Of 1.764 copies already graded, 16 % received a 10 and 26 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £33.35 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 32 auctions the median was £1.28, across 59 fixed-price sales £2.20. Fixed price therefore fetched about 73 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £1.10 and £2.43, with a median of £1.58. 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 £0.85. Offers well below £0.51 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: German £1.75 (32), English £1.55 (88). German fetches about 13 % 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.