Shaymin VSTAR

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £59.85, raw the card sits at £4.47 — 13,4× as much. Of 1.370 copies already graded, 53 % received a 10 and 36 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £39.24 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 39 auctions the median was £4.03, across 132 fixed-price sales £5.86. Fixed price therefore fetched about 45 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £4.36 and £6.51, with a median of £5.35. 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 £3.40. Offers well below £2.04 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: English £4.67 (204), German £4.59 (18). The difference is small — language barely matters here.

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.