Charizard VSTAR

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £75.50, raw the card sits at £9.43 — 8.0× as much. Of 7.513 copies already graded, 53 % received a 10 and 34 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £52.25 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 219 auctions the median was £7.39, across 449 fixed-price sales £8.85. Fixed price therefore fetched about 20 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £6.62 and £9.71, with a median of £8.05. 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 £4.67. Offers well below £2.80 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 £9.29 (12), English £8.04 (700), German £7.81 (43). French fetches about 19 % more.

Last Sold 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.