Arceus V

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £164.57, raw the card sits at £39.62 — 4,2× as much. Of 13.595 copies already graded, 54 % received a 10 and 35 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £111.80 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 277 auctions the median was £38.69, across 450 fixed-price sales £44.62. Fixed price therefore fetched about 15 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £34.01 and £45.29, with a median of £39.54. 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 £28.91. Offers well below £17.35 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 £70.19 (12), German £41.80 (33), English £37.28 (577). French fetches about 88 % 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.