Ethan's Typhlosion

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £202.66, raw the card sits at £18.62 — 10,9× as much. Of 16.911 copies already graded, 27 % received a 10 and 56 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £72.99 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 305 auctions the median was £20.71, across 713 fixed-price sales £23.59. Fixed price therefore fetched about 14 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £17.86 and £25.23, with a median of £21.25. 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 £15.27. Offers well below £9.16 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 £25.98 (58), Italian £25.93 (28), English £18.29 (981). French fetches about 80 % 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.