Pikachu

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £321.74, raw the card sits at £1.88 — 171,2× as much. Mathematically, submitting returns £321.74 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 7 auctions the median was £1.04, across 71 fixed-price sales £1.70. Fixed price therefore fetched about 64 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £1.28 and £2.21, with a median of £1.58. 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 £0.99. Offers well below £0.59 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 £1.98 (267), German £1.74 (15). English fetches about 14 % 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.