Rayquaza V

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £284.19, raw the card sits at £59.03 — 4,8× as much. Of 3.926 copies already graded, 60 % received a 10 and 31 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £199.77 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 115 auctions the median was £41.12, across 320 fixed-price sales £52.35. Fixed price therefore fetched about 27 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £29.80 and £58.96, with a median of £43.96. 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 £23.25. Offers well below £13.95 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 £49.26 (426), German £30.70 (15). English fetches about 60 % 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.