Gengar VMAX

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £1,790, raw the card sits at £565.63 — 3,2× as much. Of 28.444 copies already graded, 53 % received a 10 and 36 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £1,304 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 553 auctions the median was £643.60, across 675 fixed-price sales £736.11. Fixed price therefore fetched about 14 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £484.69 and £698.38, with a median of £588.62. 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 £344.05. Offers well below £206.43 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 £615.04 (728), French £493.17 (17), Italian £491.78 (21). English fetches about 45 % 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.