M Blastoise EX

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £292.62, raw the card sits at £38.45 — 7,6× as much. Of 19.348 copies already graded, 34 % received a 10 and 40 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £147.65 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 219 auctions the median was £36.38, across 503 fixed-price sales £44.74. Fixed price therefore fetched about 23 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £27.41 and £46.96, with a median of £36.58. 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 £18.59. Offers well below £11.15 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 £40.62 (10), English £32.13 (671), Italian £22.75 (18). German fetches about 79 % 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.