Light Dragonair

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £556.06, raw the card sits at £29.47 — 18,9× as much. Of 422 copies already graded, 20 % received a 10 and 36 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £256.06 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 52 auctions the median was £20.12, across 161 fixed-price sales £20.45. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £14.67 and £26.23, with a median of £19.65. 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 £11.28. Offers well below £6.77 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 £19.26 (222), Japanese £17.25 (13). English fetches about 12 % 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.