Team Rocket's Orbeetle

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £85.59, raw the card sits at £3.64 — 23,5× as much. Of 2.283 copies already graded, 32 % received a 10 and 52 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £37.28 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 82 auctions the median was £2.82, across 285 fixed-price sales £4.01. Fixed price therefore fetched about 42 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £2.92 and £4.40, with a median of £3.56. 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 £2.32. Offers well below £1.39 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 £5.53 (20), English £3.48 (590), German £3.03 (65). 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.