Espeon VMAX

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £102.21, raw the card sits at £13.89 — 7,4× as much. Of 4.239 copies already graded, 64 % received a 10 and 27 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £82.71 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 11 auctions the median was £8.48, across 52 fixed-price sales £13.48. Fixed price therefore fetched about 59 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £9.29 and £13.09, with a median of £11.19. 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 £7.29. Offers well below £4.37 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 £11.45 (19), English £10.90 (101). The difference is small — language barely matters here.

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.