Espeon

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £586.67, raw the card sits at £14.99 — 39,1× as much. Of 230 copies already graded, 17 % received a 10 and 23 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £165.93 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 62 auctions the median was £7.41, across 147 fixed-price sales £9.73. Fixed price therefore fetched about 31 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £6.16 and £11.21, with a median of £8.39. 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 £4.42. Offers well below £2.65 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: German £30.40 (10), English £11.10 (378). German fetches about 174 % 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.