Lugia

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £760.68, raw the card sits at £41.90 — 18,2× as much. Of 865 copies already graded, 11 % received a 10 and 27 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £240.73 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 126 auctions the median was £16.27, across 213 fixed-price sales £22.33. Fixed price therefore fetched about 37 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £14.45 and £27.81, with a median of £18.63. 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 £10.31. Offers well below £6.18 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 £32.47 (26), English £18.55 (410). German fetches about 75 % 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.