Blastoise

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £7,507, raw the card sits at £27.85 — 269,6× as much. Of 648 copies already graded, 3 % received a 10 and 25 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £512.26 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 34 auctions the median was £20.54, across 113 fixed-price sales £22.24. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £13.28 and £25.79, with a median of £17.70. 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 £8.50. Offers well below £5.10 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 £19.31 (215), German £13.96 (14). English fetches about 38 % 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.