Charmeleon

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £308.21, raw the card sits at £29.33 — 10.5× as much. Of 301 copies already graded, 27 % received a 10 and 32 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £146.93 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 £15.70, across 98 fixed-price sales £22.03. Fixed price therefore fetched about 40 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £14.71 and £25.62, with a median of £19.73. 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 £10.83. Offers well below £6.50 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 £21.91 (150), German £13.84 (10). English fetches about 58 % 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.