Blastoise

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £12,962, raw the card sits at £87.11 — 148.8× as much. Of 965 copies already graded, 2 % received a 10 and 21 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £952.09 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 69 auctions the median was £30.01, across 156 fixed-price sales £31.13. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £14.73 and £37.42, with a median of £25.75. 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 £8.93. Offers well below £5.36 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: English £25.80 (288), German £11.65 (16). English fetches about 121 % 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.