Shining Rayquaza

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £1,087, raw the card sits at £116.43 — 9.3× as much. Of 10.416 copies already graded, 29 % received a 10 and 49 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £436.69 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 170 auctions the median was £136.80, across 424 fixed-price sales £106.46. Auctions therefore fetched about 29 % more — worth it mainly for sought-after cards with several bidders.

Half of all sales fell between £57.80 and £103.48, with a median of £79.49. 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 £42.18. Offers well below £25.31 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 £97.88 (536), French £78.06 (21), German £65.40 (28). English fetches about 50 % 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.