Team Rocket's Meowth

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £137.99, raw the card sits at £18.62 — 7,4× as much. Of 14.155 copies already graded, 32 % received a 10 and 55 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £62.41 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 309 auctions the median was £19.35, across 684 fixed-price sales £21.42. Fixed price therefore fetched about 11 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £17.82 and £23.16, with a median of £19.83. 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 £15.34. Offers well below £9.20 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: Italian £35.44 (17), French £29.34 (41), German £15.72 (153). Italian fetches about 138 % 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.