Charizard V

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £183.77, raw the card sits at £21.95 — 8,4× as much. Of 9.395 copies already graded, 52 % received a 10 and 36 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £116.60 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 167 auctions the median was £23.43, across 382 fixed-price sales £29.51. 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 £20.44 and £29.51, with a median of £24.06. 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 £15.98. Offers well below £9.59 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 £42.57 (11), Italian £30.57 (13), German £21.45 (25). French fetches about 121 % 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.