Volcarona

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £916.98, raw the card sits at £41.90 — 21.9× as much. Of 410 copies already graded, 5 % received a 10 and 27 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £103.83 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 70 auctions the median was £28.90, across 216 fixed-price sales £36.08. Fixed price therefore fetched about 25 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £28.55 and £42.44, with a median of £34.82. 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 £21.61. Offers well below £12.97 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: Italian £44.99 (12), English £42.96 (283), German £35.84 (14). Italian fetches about 26 % 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.