Shining Mew

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £1,149, raw the card sits at £133.59 — 8.6× as much. Of 11.854 copies already graded, 29 % received a 10 and 50 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £496.43 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 161 auctions the median was £130.13, across 314 fixed-price sales £133.01. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £77.72 and £127.09, with a median of £98.66. 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 £52.63. Offers well below £31.58 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 £129.93 (462), German £69.60 (22), French £43.68 (14). English fetches about 197 % 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.