Dragonite V

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £193.65, raw the card sits at £27.86 — 7.0× as much. Of 1.876 copies already graded, 45 % received a 10 and 40 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £125.43 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 74 auctions the median was £19.32, across 198 fixed-price sales £25.36. Fixed price therefore fetched about 31 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £18.91 and £26.62, with a median of £22.17. 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 £15.80. Offers well below £9.48 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: Italian £30.61 (12), English £22.74 (298). Italian fetches about 35 % 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.