Shining Magikarp

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £22,048, raw the card sits at £594.02 — 37,1× as much. Mathematically, submitting returns £22,048 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 276 auctions the median was £308.51, across 407 fixed-price sales £336.25. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £176.99 and £316.98, with a median of £255.10. 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 £28.33. Offers well below £17.00 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 £354.83 (16), Italian £296.84 (13), English £239.14 (462). French fetches about 90 % 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.