Mega Starmie ex

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £144.07, raw the card sits at £34.89 — 4,1× as much. Of 364 copies already graded, 76 % received a 10 and 16 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £127.38 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 103 auctions the median was £41.66, across 417 fixed-price sales £46.78. Fixed price therefore fetched about 12 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £37.25 and £56.12, with a median of £44.79. 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 £31.44. Offers well below £18.86 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 £46.68 (26), English £34.83 (423), Italian £31.50 (27). French fetches about 57 % 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.