Misty's Gyarados

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £151.01, raw the card sits at £15.80 — 9,6× as much. Mathematically, submitting returns £151.01 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.

Across 6 auctions the median was £21.48, across 25 fixed-price sales £24.65. 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 £14.86 and £24.70, with a median of £15.81. 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 £5.99. Offers well below £3.59 are typically fakes, mislabelled cards or a different variant — ask for photos of all four borders and a close-up of the surface.

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.