Raichu

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £765.40, raw the card sits at £34.87 — 21,9× as much. Of 224 copies already graded, 3 % received a 10 and 23 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £127.34 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 25 auctions the median was £7.63, across 109 fixed-price sales £14.80. Fixed price therefore fetched about 94 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £8.77 and £17.70, with a median of £13.45. 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 £7.04. Offers well below £4.22 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 £15.17 (156), German £14.46 (10). 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.