Shining Arceus

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £417.58, raw the card sits at £28.15 — 14.8× as much. Of 6.360 copies already graded, 30 % received a 10 and 50 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £176.89 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 76 auctions the median was £22.89, across 249 fixed-price sales £26.42. Fixed price therefore fetched about 15 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £16.88 and £25.88, with a median of £20.56. 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 £13.30. Offers well below £7.98 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 £24.68 (12), English £21.10 (352), German £16.56 (17). French fetches about 49 % more.

Last Sold 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.