Giovanni's Nidorino

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £92.96, raw the card sits at £1.98 — 46,9× as much. Of 192 copies already graded, 20 % received a 10 and 33 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £54.37 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 19 auctions the median was £2.20, across 63 fixed-price sales £2.66. Fixed price therefore fetched about 21 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £1.85 and £3.55, with a median of £2.40. 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 £1.09. Offers well below £0.65 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: Japanese £2.67 (10), English £2.21 (106). Japanese fetches about 21 % 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.