Rayquaza VMAX

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £109.23, raw the card sits at £22.31 — 4,9× as much. Of 15.164 copies already graded, 75 % received a 10 and 18 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £92.89 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 104 auctions the median was £29.08, across 379 fixed-price sales £22.27. Auctions therefore fetched about 31 % more — worth it mainly for sought-after cards with several bidders.

Half of all sales fell between £16.68 and £23.72, with a median of £20.83. 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 £14.28. Offers well below £8.57 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 £29.76 (14), Italian £21.26 (15), English £20.69 (476). French fetches about 80 % 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.