Squirtle

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £3,085, raw the card sits at £4.23 — 728,5× as much. Of 486 copies already graded, 24 % received a 10 and 41 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £1,062 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 23 auctions the median was £1.17, across 53 fixed-price sales £2.97. Fixed price therefore fetched about 153 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £1.62 and £3.66, with a median of £2.23. 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 £1.02. Offers well below £0.61 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 £4.57 (12), English £3.14 (190). German fetches about 46 % 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.