Metagross δ

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £1,582, raw the card sits at £52.90 — 29,9× as much. Of 574 copies already graded, 12 % received a 10 and 37 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £404.77 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 36 auctions the median was £51.17, across 147 fixed-price sales £61.77. Fixed price therefore fetched about 21 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £31.11 and £78.89, with a median of £44.45. 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 £21.40. Offers well below £12.84 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 £96.39 (21), English £62.39 (133). German fetches about 55 % 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.