Magnemite

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £214.81, raw the card sits at £13.59 — 15,8× as much. Of 2.186 copies already graded, 30 % received a 10 and 50 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £79.61 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 94 auctions the median was £14.52, across 283 fixed-price sales £16.01. Fixed price therefore fetched about 10 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £12.78 and £17.80, with a median of £14.86. 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 £10.68. Offers well below £6.41 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 £17.01 (20), English £14.73 (432), Italian £13.57 (48). German fetches about 25 % 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.