Radiant Alakazam

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £62.03, raw the card sits at £2.23 — 27,8× as much. Of 7.364 copies already graded, 57 % received a 10 and 32 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £43.06 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 148 auctions the median was £1.86, across 424 fixed-price sales £2.44. Fixed price therefore fetched about 31 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £1.69 and £2.89, with a median of £2.20. 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 £1.11. Offers well below £0.67 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 £4.08 (17), German £2.34 (41), English £2.05 (641). French fetches about 99 % 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.