Shining Gyarados

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £22,109, raw the card sits at £754.31 — 29,3× as much. Mathematically, submitting returns £22,109 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 309 auctions the median was £684.24, across 427 fixed-price sales £717.50. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £355.86 and £694.09, with a median of £509.35. 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 £281.99. Offers well below £169.19 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: French £658.29 (10), German £607.75 (32), English £501.12 (449). French fetches about 39 % 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.