Arcanine

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £266.60, raw the card sits at £1.84 — 145,2× as much. Of 653 copies already graded, 25 % received a 10 and 50 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £104.21 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 9 auctions the median was £2.39, across 96 fixed-price sales £2.44. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £1.78 and £3.12, with a median of £2.37. 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 £1.41. Offers well below £0.85 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: English £1.83 (184), French £1.78 (24). The difference is small — language barely matters here.

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.