Venusaur

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £331.68, raw the card sits at £31.33 — 10,6× as much. Of 634 copies already graded, 31 % received a 10 and 33 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £190.96 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 31 auctions the median was £16.47, across 73 fixed-price sales £26.67. Fixed price therefore fetched about 62 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £16.47 and £29.80, with a median of £22.43. 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 £12.64. Offers well below £7.58 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 £23.83 (111), German £16.76 (10). English fetches about 42 % 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.