Bulbasaur

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £483.73, raw the card sits at £56.73 — 8,5× as much. Of 618 copies already graded, 29 % received a 10 and 31 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £244.28 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 55 auctions the median was £27.03, across 165 fixed-price sales £31.67. Fixed price therefore fetched about 17 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £23.03 and £36.50, with a median of £29.49. 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 £17.70. Offers well below £10.62 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 £31.99 (287), German £18.83 (11). English fetches about 70 % 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.