Charizard

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £1,175, raw the card sits at £33.93 — 34,6× as much. Of 1.949 copies already graded, 2 % received a 10 and 15 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £78.53 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 85 auctions the median was £27.03, across 187 fixed-price sales £26.98. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £18.97 and £32.09, with a median of £25.51. 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 £14.52. Offers well below £8.71 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: German £25.51 (14), English £25.23 (264), French £17.00 (13). German fetches about 50 % 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.