Vaporeon

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £219.25, raw the card sits at £16.43 — 13,3× as much. Of 9.327 copies already graded, 29 % received a 10 and 49 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £84.73 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 123 auctions the median was £16.39, across 487 fixed-price sales £15.47. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £14.10 and £18.25, with a median of £15.02. 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 £11.85. Offers well below £7.11 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: German £20.49 (83), French £17.13 (32), English £14.96 (675). German fetches about 37 % 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.