Charizard ex

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £518.54, raw the card sits at £74.67 — 6,9× as much. Of 58.720 copies already graded, 24 % received a 10 and 50 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £195.14 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 492 auctions the median was £78.25, across 1093 fixed-price sales £89.30. Fixed price therefore fetched about 14 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £68.88 and £89.08, with a median of £78.11. 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 £59.52. Offers well below £35.71 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: English £66.67 (1608), French £62.03 (91), German £61.22 (271). English fetches about 17 % 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.