Surfing Pikachu

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £316.84, raw the card sits at £8.22 — 38,5× as much. Of 10.836 copies already graded, 19 % received a 10 and 51 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £95.61 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 337 auctions the median was £7.53, across 796 fixed-price sales £8.50. Fixed price therefore fetched about 13 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £5.88 and £9.57, with a median of £7.46. 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 £4.14. Offers well below £2.48 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 £12.89 (29), French £9.12 (14), Italian £6.27 (11). German fetches about 147 % 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.