Special Delivery Pikachu · Pokémon Center

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £2,635, raw the card sits at £422.60 — 6.2× as much. Mathematically, submitting returns £2,635 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.

Across 6 auctions the median was £269.20, across 17 fixed-price sales £394.91. Fixed price therefore fetched about 47 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £301.06 and £376.35, with a median of £331.53. 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 £269.20. Offers well below £161.52 are typically fakes, mislabelled cards or a different variant — ask for photos of all four borders and a close-up of the surface.

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.