M Gyarados EX

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £1,318, raw the card sits at £84.40 — 15,6× as much. Of 4.192 copies already graded, 20 % received a 10 and 33 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £466.82 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 118 auctions the median was £58.52, across 258 fixed-price sales £73.78. Fixed price therefore fetched about 26 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £41.09 and £76.75, with a median of £57.62. 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 £29.01. Offers well below £17.41 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 £63.00 (390), German £52.59 (15). English fetches about 20 % 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.