Dark Donphan

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £809.00, raw the card sits at £56.87 — 14,2× as much. Of 834 copies already graded, 5 % received a 10 and 27 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £144.42 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 60 auctions the median was £26.99, across 129 fixed-price sales £33.55. Fixed price therefore fetched about 24 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £18.18 and £35.71, with a median of £25.91. 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 £12.52. Offers well below £7.51 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 £21.90 (13), English £18.21 (148), Japanese £13.05 (20). German fetches about 68 % 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.