Team Rocket's Moltres ex

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £55.05, raw the card sits at £5.38 — 10.2× as much. Of 5.697 copies already graded, 65 % received a 10 and 30 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £42.73 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 396 auctions the median was £6.33, across 973 fixed-price sales £5.86. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £4.42 and £7.27, with a median of £5.46. 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 £3.66. Offers well below £2.19 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 £7.94 (36), German £5.07 (108), English £4.92 (1372). French fetches about 61 % more.

Last Sold 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.