Dark Ampharos

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £4,074, raw the card sits at £156.05 — 26,1× as much. Of 1.231 copies already graded, 5 % received a 10 and 23 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £502.03 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 63 auctions the median was £52.82, across 196 fixed-price sales £57.77. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £35.34 and £68.88, with a median of £48.91. 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 £23.10. Offers well below £13.86 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 £64.54 (198), Japanese £36.90 (54), German £31.14 (15). English fetches about 107 % 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.