Lugia V

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £129.08, raw the card sits at £15.20 — 8,5× as much. Of 3.995 copies already graded, 53 % received a 10 and 35 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £82.12 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 88 auctions the median was £11.45, across 280 fixed-price sales £15.14. Fixed price therefore fetched about 32 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £11.41 and £15.95, with a median of £13.37. 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 £9.15. Offers well below £5.49 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: German £15.06 (16), English £11.51 (410). German fetches about 31 % 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.