Giovanni's Gyarados

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £1,993, raw the card sits at £165.08 — 12,1× as much. Of 4.232 copies already graded, 3 % received a 10 and 19 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £370.29 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 158 auctions the median was £59.67, across 404 fixed-price sales £76.44. Fixed price therefore fetched about 28 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £48.22 and £83.50, with a median of £63.26. 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 £34.23. Offers well below £20.54 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 £60.67 (560), Japanese £23.81 (71). English fetches about 155 % 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.