Salamence GX

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £297.97, raw the card sits at £24.37 — 12.2× as much. Of 796 copies already graded, 34 % received a 10 and 40 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £129.61 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 18 auctions the median was £26.41, across 49 fixed-price sales £41.63. Fixed price therefore fetched about 58 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £23.80 and £36.61, with a median of £29.71. 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 £18.30. Offers well below £10.98 are typically fakes, mislabelled cards or a different variant — ask for photos of all four borders and a close-up of the surface.

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.