Blaine's Moltres

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £3,851, raw the card sits at £133.45 — 28,9× as much. Mathematically, submitting returns £3,851 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 160 auctions the median was £53.81, across 354 fixed-price sales £67.51. Fixed price therefore fetched about 25 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £40.51 and £74.55, with a median of £55.51. 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 £29.65. Offers well below £17.79 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 £79.39 (609), Japanese £38.61 (29). English fetches about 106 % 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.