Salamence ex

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £176.23, raw the card sits at £35.96 — 4.9× as much. Of 14.547 copies already graded, 32 % received a 10 and 52 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £86.72 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 307 auctions the median was £42.34, across 688 fixed-price sales £50.61. Fixed price therefore fetched about 20 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £39.65 and £51.00, with a median of £44.32. 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 £33.75. Offers well below £20.25 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: French £73.36 (21), Italian £48.62 (37), German £37.26 (98). French fetches about 104 % more.

Last Sold 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.