Flying Pikachu

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £291.51, raw the card sits at £6.40 — 45,5× as much. Of 10.938 copies already graded, 29 % received a 10 and 47 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £120.09 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 180 auctions the median was £7.12, across 430 fixed-price sales £7.83. Fixed price therefore fetched about 10 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £5.14 and £8.53, with a median of £6.62. 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 £3.64. Offers well below £2.18 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 £10.57 (39), French £6.98 (22), English £5.66 (624). 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.