Manaphy

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £114.66, raw the card sits at £4.48 — 25,6× as much. Of 2.238 copies already graded, 34 % received a 10 and 48 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £52.81 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 100 auctions the median was £4.40, across 517 fixed-price sales £5.20. Fixed price therefore fetched about 18 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £4.09 and £5.96, with a median of £4.88. 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 £3.32. Offers well below £1.99 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: French £11.08 (17), German £8.38 (32), English £3.74 (741). French fetches about 196 % 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.