Gengar

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £43,897, raw the card sits at £422.05 — 104,0× as much. Of 1.346 copies already graded, 12 % received a 10 and 26 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £8,329 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 146 auctions the median was £370.03, across 218 fixed-price sales £512.25. Fixed price therefore fetched about 38 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £158.15 and £340.13, with a median of £220.54. 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 £63.95. Offers well below £38.37 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 £326.80 (152), German £305.63 (10), French £260.46 (13). English fetches about 25 % 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.