Arcanine

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £212.58, raw the card sits at £5.76 — 36,9× as much. Of 488 copies already graded, 14 % received a 10 and 37 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £154.50 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 39 auctions the median was £6.59, across 158 fixed-price sales £7.42. Fixed price therefore fetched about 13 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £5.55 and £9.55, with a median of £7.30. 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 £3.71. Offers well below £2.22 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 £7.57 (54), English £6.70 (322), German £2.55 (11). French fetches about 197 % 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.