Gallade V

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £68.78, raw the card sits at £6.73 — 10.2× as much. Of 394 copies already graded, 45 % received a 10 and 33 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £43.49 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 £6.99, across 119 fixed-price sales £8.92. 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 £6.35 and £8.76, with a median of £7.42. 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 £5.20. Offers well below £3.12 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 £7.57 (17), English £7.26 (320), Italian £5.42 (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.