Poliwrath

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £823.73, raw the card sits at £19.43 — 42,4× as much. Of 124 copies already graded, 3 % received a 10 and 26 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £135.83 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 477 auctions the median was £14.17, across 577 fixed-price sales £16.39. 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 £9.49 and £19.56, with a median of £13.73. 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 £6.71. Offers well below £4.03 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 £17.01 (20), German £13.18 (115), Japanese £12.20 (28). French fetches about 64 % 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.