Team Rocket's Orbeetle

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £56.09, raw the card sits at £3.20 — 17.5× as much. Of 2.145 copies already graded, 27 % received a 10 and 55 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £23.26 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 138 auctions the median was £2.67, across 544 fixed-price sales £3.57. Fixed price therefore fetched about 34 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £2.80 and £4.10, with a median of £3.34. 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 £2.20. Offers well below £1.32 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 £5.50 (20), German £3.02 (65), English £3.00 (872). French fetches about 83 % 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.