Sylveon VMAX

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £65.28, raw the card sits at £13.39 — 4,9× as much. Of 3.882 copies already graded, 63 % received a 10 and 27 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £163.97 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 18 auctions the median was £10.04, across 41 fixed-price sales £13.30. Fixed price therefore fetched about 32 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £9.70 and £14.78, with a median of £12.30. 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 £7.01. Offers well below £4.20 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: English £12.17 (84), German £8.13 (10). English fetches about 50 % 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.