Espeon EX

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £1,469, raw the card sits at £44.86 — 32,7× as much. Of 3.301 copies already graded, 20 % received a 10 and 35 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £490.19 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 86 auctions the median was £50.61, across 232 fixed-price sales £58.66. 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 £35.30 and £59.41, with a median of £46.09. 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 £24.59. Offers well below £14.75 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 £55.42 (10), English £44.83 (367). French fetches about 24 % 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.