Blaine's Arcanine

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £3,320, raw the card sits at £156.48 — 21,2× as much. Mathematically, submitting returns £3,320 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.

Across 215 auctions the median was £52.19, across 443 fixed-price sales £63.89. Fixed price therefore fetched about 22 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £29.38 and £65.33, with a median of £44.33. 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 £21.66. Offers well below £12.99 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 £74.13 (770), Japanese £25.91 (176). English fetches about 186 % 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.