Bulbasaur

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £419.14, raw the card sits at £26.08 — 16,1× as much. Of 883 copies already graded, 31 % received a 10 and 34 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £200.54 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 69 auctions the median was £19.78, across 173 fixed-price sales £22.24. Fixed price therefore fetched about 12 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £15.45 and £26.56, with a median of £21.26. 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 £10.59. Offers well below £6.35 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 £25.94 (277), German £14.54 (21). English fetches about 78 % 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.