Gengar

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £2,116, raw the card sits at £19.45 — 108,8× as much. Of 817 copies already graded, 9 % received a 10 and 35 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £326.01 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 127 auctions the median was £10.78, across 272 fixed-price sales £14.59. Fixed price therefore fetched about 35 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £10.96 and £17.00, with a median of £14.06. 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 £8.20. Offers well below £4.92 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 £22.91 (39), English £14.08 (692). German fetches about 63 % 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.