Rayquaza

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £33,882, raw the card sits at £653.95 — 51,8× as much. Of 859 copies already graded, 3 % received a 10 and 18 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £4,043 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 62 auctions the median was £82.14, across 176 fixed-price sales £89.46. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £43.25 and £156.49, with a median of £76.28. 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 £29.38. Offers well below £17.63 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 £340.13 (15), English £182.19 (409). German fetches about 87 % 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.