Cynthia's Garchomp ex

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £43.18, raw the card sits at £4.34 — 10,0× as much. Of 4.145 copies already graded, 63 % received a 10 and 30 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £34.04 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 86 auctions the median was £4.25, across 243 fixed-price sales £5.42. Fixed price therefore fetched about 27 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £3.72 and £5.71, with a median of £4.49. 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 £3.10. Offers well below £1.86 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 £6.74 (17), German £5.39 (80), English £4.01 (514). French fetches about 68 % 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.