Rayquaza V

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £132.98, raw the card sits at £2.47 — 53,7× as much. Of 837 copies already graded, 35 % received a 10 and 49 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £59.62 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 85 auctions the median was £1.68, across 91 fixed-price sales £2.66. 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 £1.58 and £3.21, with a median of £2.36. 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 £1.09. Offers well below £0.65 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: French £4.97 (16), German £3.91 (13), English £2.21 (297). French fetches about 135 % 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.