Blastoise

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £12,986, raw the card sits at £35.47 — 366,1× as much. Of 965 copies already graded, 2 % received a 10 and 21 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £953.80 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 £30.07, across 156 fixed-price sales £31.18. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £14.75 and £37.48, with a median of £25.80. 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 £8.95. Offers well below £5.37 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 £27.77 (289), German £11.68 (17). English fetches about 138 % 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.