Sylveon VMAX

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £140.20, raw the card sits at £53.77 — 2.6× as much. Of 13.016 copies already graded, 71 % received a 10 and 22 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £116.92 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 217 auctions the median was £51.78, across 457 fixed-price sales £50.87. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £37.55 and £51.30, with a median of £44.44. 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 £31.58. Offers well below £18.95 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 £69.07 (16), English £49.44 (571), German £35.34 (37). French fetches about 95 % 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.