Alakazam

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £351.15, raw the card sits at £21.98 — 16,0× as much. Of 336 copies already graded, 27 % received a 10 and 66 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £185.99 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 8 auctions the median was £38.62, across 48 fixed-price sales £21.56. Auctions therefore fetched about 79 % more — worth it mainly for sought-after cards with several bidders.

Half of all sales fell between £17.40 and £24.69, with a median of £20.82. 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 £14.73. Offers well below £8.84 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 £21.66 (61), French £19.91 (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.