Giovanni's Nidorina

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £124.15, raw the card sits at £3.69 — 33,6× as much. Of 142 copies already graded, 27 % received a 10 and 30 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £75.12 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 13 auctions the median was £0.98, across 52 fixed-price sales £2.23. Fixed price therefore fetched about 128 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £1.49 and £2.98, with a median of £2.23. 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 £1.11. Offers well below £0.67 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 £2.38 (124), Japanese £1.69 (16). English fetches about 41 % 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.