Rayquaza VMAX

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £122.26, raw the card sits at £10.47 — 11,7× as much. Of 5.964 copies already graded, 62 % received a 10 and 26 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £89.86 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 282 auctions the median was £10.88, across 644 fixed-price sales £11.16. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £8.70 and £12.65, with a median of £10.62. 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 £6.73. Offers well below £4.04 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 £19.64 (13), German £13.60 (32), English £9.69 (944). French fetches about 103 % 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.