Pikachu

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £74.16, raw the card sits at £596.28 — 0,1× as much. Of 809 copies already graded, 2 % received a 10 and 17 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £703.57 on average, before fees and shipping. So submitting only pays off if the card truly hits a 10 — at any lower grade little remains after fees. The grade distribution comes from the PSA Population Report; people pre-sort before submitting, so your own hit rate may differ.

Across 38 auctions the median was £110.02, across 111 fixed-price sales £127.55. Fixed price therefore fetched about 16 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £73.38 and £165.46, with a median of £111.13. 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 £49.31. Offers well below £29.59 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.