Light Dragonite

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £7,757, raw the card sits at £520.88 — 14,9× as much. Of 2.512 copies already graded, 4 % received a 10 and 21 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £1,140 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 106 auctions the median was £145.84, across 269 fixed-price sales £178.26. Fixed price therefore fetched about 22 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £88.43 and £199.66, with a median of £138.39. 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 £61.65. Offers well below £36.99 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 £222.68 (269), French £212.28 (10), Japanese £155.77 (37). English fetches about 156 % 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.