Magikarp

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £822.39, raw the card sits at £24.09 — 34,1× as much. Of 554 copies already graded, 25 % received a 10 and 36 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £300.87 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 72 auctions the median was £15.72, across 183 fixed-price sales £17.00. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £13.07 and £22.24, with a median of £17.61. 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 £8.48. Offers well below £5.09 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 £15.24 (340), German £11.19 (10). English fetches about 36 % 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.