Gallade V

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £68.90, raw the card sits at £6.78 — 10,2× as much. Of 394 copies already graded, 45 % received a 10 and 33 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £43.57 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 34 auctions the median was £7.00, across 119 fixed-price sales £8.94. Fixed price therefore fetched about 28 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £6.36 and £8.78, with a median of £7.43. 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 £5.21. Offers well below £3.13 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: German £7.58 (17), English £7.27 (320), Italian £5.43 (18). German fetches about 40 % 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.