Garchomp ex

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £89.19, raw the card sits at £13.49 — 6,6× as much. Of 2.722 copies already graded, 36 % received a 10 and 49 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £46.30 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 58 auctions the median was £9.35, across 213 fixed-price sales £13.49. Fixed price therefore fetched about 44 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £10.47 and £14.70, with a median of £12.75. 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 £8.89. Offers well below £5.34 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 £13.14 (39), English £12.75 (385). The difference is small — language barely matters here.

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.