Squirtle

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £140.74, raw the card sits at £4.54 — 31,0× as much. Of 991 copies already graded, 24 % received a 10 and 33 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £453.09 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 17 auctions the median was £2.41, across 20 fixed-price sales £2.23. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £1.68 and £3.55, with a median of £2.29. 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 £0.85. Offers well below £0.51 are typically fakes, mislabelled cards or a different variant — ask for photos of all four borders and a close-up of the surface.

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.