Charizard VSTAR

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £70.73, raw the card sits at £7.47 — 9,5× as much. Of 2.595 copies already graded, 45 % received a 10 and 41 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £45.45 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 207 auctions the median was £7.40, across 416 fixed-price sales £8.92. Fixed price therefore fetched about 21 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £6.62 and £9.79, 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 £4.46. Offers well below £2.67 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 £10.20 (11), English £7.46 (659), German £6.42 (43). French fetches about 59 % 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.