Shining Arceus

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £347.81, raw the card sits at £27.38 — 12.7× as much. Of 6.360 copies already graded, 30 % received a 10 and 50 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £145.31 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 £24.39, across 216 fixed-price sales £26.08. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £17.16 and £25.98, with a median of £20.66. 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 £14.18. Offers well below £8.51 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 £27.22 (316), French £24.79 (12), German £15.89 (15). English fetches about 71 % 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.