Dark Scizor

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £3,428, raw the card sits at £182.55 — 18,8× as much. Of 1.297 copies already graded, 3 % received a 10 and 18 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £445.05 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 73 auctions the median was £67.74, across 168 fixed-price sales £74.36. Fixed price therefore fetched about 10 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £40.01 and £89.46, with a median of £58.25. 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 £29.40. Offers well below £17.64 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 £78.60 (219), Japanese £40.11 (70). English fetches about 96 % 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.