Salamence ex

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £180.93, raw the card sits at £42.23 — 4,3× as much. Of 12.874 copies already graded, 33 % received a 10 and 52 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £90.90 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 227 auctions the median was £45.01, across 612 fixed-price sales £51.90. Fixed price therefore fetched about 15 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £40.43 and £51.99, with a median of £45.08. 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 £36.44. Offers well below £21.86 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 £71.34 (19), Italian £59.06 (31), English £40.80 (871). French fetches about 78 % 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.