Manaphy

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £162.52, raw the card sits at £5.51 — 29.5× as much. Of 1.765 copies already graded, 28 % received a 10 and 51 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £57.98 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 150 auctions the median was £4.51, across 584 fixed-price sales £5.18. Fixed price therefore fetched about 15 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £4.07 and £6.17, with a median of £4.96. 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 £3.30. Offers well below £1.98 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 £10.35 (21), German £8.44 (33), English £4.64 (842). French fetches about 123 % more.

Last Sold 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.