Dragonite

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £657.28, raw the card sits at £98.09 — 6,7× as much. Of 816 copies already graded, 25 % received a 10 and 30 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £308.10 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 35 auctions the median was £44.11, across 110 fixed-price sales £59.17. Fixed price therefore fetched about 34 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £37.18 and £68.65, with a median of £48.85. 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 £22.37. Offers well below £13.42 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 £80.19 (179), German £45.25 (13). English fetches about 77 % 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.