Team Rocket's Tyranitar

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £120.61, raw the card sits at £1.25 — 96,5× as much. Of 5.960 copies already graded, 46 % received a 10 and 26 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £81.95 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 15 auctions the median was £1.11, across 57 fixed-price sales £1.48. 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 £1.11 and £3.99, with a median of £1.57. 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 £0.79. Offers well below £0.47 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: German £2.59 (14), English £1.39 (168). German fetches about 87 % 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.