M Lucario EX

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £770.02, raw the card sits at £44.52 — 17,3× as much. Of 515 copies already graded, 19 % received a 10 and 27 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £263.48 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 29 auctions the median was £36.40, across 155 fixed-price sales £53.31. Fixed price therefore fetched about 46 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £35.54 and £57.34, with a median of £44.45. 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 £25.05. Offers well below £15.03 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 £41.79 (207), Italian £40.86 (21). The difference is small — language barely matters here.

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.