Dark Gengar

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £6,611, raw the card sits at £372.73 — 17,7× as much. Of 2.555 copies already graded, 4 % received a 10 and 19 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £1,468 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 127 auctions the median was £279.44, across 240 fixed-price sales £353.77. Fixed price therefore fetched about 27 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £209.91 and £377.55, with a median of £285.30. 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 £149.77. Offers well below £89.86 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 £377.03 (265), Japanese £222.27 (76), German £127.54 (31). English fetches about 196 % 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.