Radiant Steelix

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £60.41, raw the card sits at £1.78 — 34,0× as much. Of 3.788 copies already graded, 46 % received a 10 and 39 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £37.35 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 128 auctions the median was £1.28, across 222 fixed-price sales £1.85. Fixed price therefore fetched about 44 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £1.25 and £2.21, with a median of £1.76. 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.

From real sales: French £1.86 (17), English £1.75 (402), German £1.70 (37). The difference is small — language barely matters here.

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.