Pikachu · Pokémon Day

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £131.68, raw the card sits at £3.45 — 38.2× as much. Mathematically, submitting returns £131.68 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 39 auctions the median was £7.78, across 36 fixed-price sales £5.30. Auctions therefore fetched about 47 % more — worth it mainly for sought-after cards with several bidders.

Half of all sales fell between £2.98 and £5.30, with a median of £3.71. 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 £2.47. Offers well below £1.48 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.