Dark Gengar

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £6,586, raw the card sits at £365.10 — 18,0× as much. Of 2.555 copies already graded, 4 % received a 10 and 19 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £1,885 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 134 auctions the median was £300.11, across 246 fixed-price sales £352.47. Fixed price therefore fetched about 17 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £213.60 and £382.51, with a median of £289.50. 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 £151.26. Offers well below £90.76 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 £373.73 (270), Japanese £304.20 (55), German £127.06 (31). English fetches about 194 % 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.