Golduck

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £136.10, raw the card sits at £1.73 — 78,5× as much. Of 616 copies already graded, 17 % received a 10 and 59 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £44.81 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 20 auctions the median was £1.46, across 120 fixed-price sales £2.12. Fixed price therefore fetched about 45 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £1.47 and £2.55, with a median of £1.96. 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 £1.05. Offers well below £0.63 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 £1.77 (11), English £1.73 (129), German £1.70 (16). 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.