Erika's Vileplume

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £1,040, raw the card sits at £25.68 — 40,5× as much. Of 4.449 copies already graded, 3 % received a 10 and 20 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £114.89 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 185 auctions the median was £13.91, across 298 fixed-price sales £14.80. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £9.48 and £17.30, with a median of £13.16. 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 £6.97. Offers well below £4.18 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 £15.47 (23), English £14.80 (527). The difference is small — language barely matters here.

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.