Mega Starmie ex

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £124.45, raw the card sits at £33.68 — 3.7× as much. Of 5.069 copies already graded, 71 % received a 10 and 25 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £101.59 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 107 auctions the median was £41.47, across 430 fixed-price sales £46.08. Fixed price therefore fetched about 11 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £36.92 and £55.69, with a median of £44.48. 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 £30.46. Offers well below £18.27 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 £51.91 (26), Italian £48.37 (27), German £33.91 (92). French fetches about 55 % 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.