Shining Raichu

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £9,837, raw the card sits at £1,638 — 6.0× as much. Mathematically, submitting returns £9,837 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.

Across 46 auctions the median was £1,749, across 29 fixed-price sales £1,360. Auctions therefore fetched about 29 % more — worth it mainly for sought-after cards with several bidders.

Half of all sales fell between £615.24 and £1,096, with a median of £802.86. 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 £521.77. Offers well below £313.06 are typically fakes, mislabelled cards or a different variant — ask for photos of all four borders and a close-up of the surface.

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.