Skarmory

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £1,855, raw the card sits at £14.94 — 124,1× as much. Of 3.043 copies already graded, 3 % received a 10 and 26 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £145.32 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 131 auctions the median was £14.03, across 225 fixed-price sales £16.10. Fixed price therefore fetched about 15 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £10.68 and £18.53, with a median of £14.43. 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 £7.41. Offers well below £4.45 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 £21.63 (36), English £14.79 (351), Japanese £11.93 (68). German fetches about 81 % 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.