Cyndaquil

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £55.80, raw the card sits at £7.37 — 7.6× as much. Of 599 copies already graded, 89 % received a 10 and 11 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £54.47 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 44 auctions the median was £9.83, across 92 fixed-price sales £11.27. Fixed price therefore fetched about 15 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £6.92 and £12.01, with a median of £9.52. 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 £5.31. Offers well below £3.18 are typically fakes, mislabelled cards or a different variant — ask for photos of all four borders and a close-up of the surface.

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.