Bulbasaur

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £60.19, raw the card sits at £19.53 — 3,1× as much. Of 30.385 copies already graded, 79 % received a 10 and 19 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £52.66 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 127 auctions the median was £28.54, across 223 fixed-price sales £36.33. Fixed price therefore fetched about 27 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £21.50 and £36.34, with a median of £26.09. 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 £16.39. Offers well below £9.83 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 £34.01 (31), Italian £22.96 (18), English £15.21 (201). German fetches about 124 % 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.