M Charizard EX

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £142.52, raw the card sits at £28.93 — 4,9× as much. Of 28.055 copies already graded, 38 % received a 10 and 36 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £86.87 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 333 auctions the median was £25.38, across 461 fixed-price sales £31.55. Fixed price therefore fetched about 24 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £17.41 and £31.60, with a median of £24.91. 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 £11.90. Offers well below £7.14 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 £35.89 (12), Italian £22.72 (14), English £18.55 (611). German fetches about 93 % 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.