Lugia

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £1,660, raw the card sits at £3.66 — 454,0× as much. Of 776 copies already graded, 10 % received a 10 and 33 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £236.37 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 36 auctions the median was £3.78, across 124 fixed-price sales £3.72. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £2.02 and £6.19, with a median of £2.98. 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 £1.45. Offers well below £0.87 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 £3.66 (349), Italian £2.46 (13). English fetches about 49 % 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.