Skarmory

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £1,846, raw the card sits at £15.24 — 121.2× as much. Of 1.894 copies already graded, 1 % received a 10 and 20 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £110.91 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 133 auctions the median was £13.97, across 222 fixed-price sales £15.76. Fixed price therefore fetched about 13 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £10.58 and £18.18, with a median of £14.35. 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 £7.38. Offers well below £4.43 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: German £17.42 (31), English £14.71 (342), Japanese £10.82 (69). German fetches about 61 % 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.