Pikachu

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £195.32, raw the card sits at £2.15 — 90,8× as much. Of 939 copies already graded, 30 % received a 10 and 37 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £102.60 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 £0.93, across 121 fixed-price sales £1.85. Fixed price therefore fetched about 99 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £1.45 and £2.36, with a median of £1.78. 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 £1.06. Offers well below £0.64 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: English £1.97 (332), Italian £1.96 (52), German £1.28 (29). English fetches about 55 % 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.