Gengar

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £3,462, raw the card sits at £192.21 — 18,0× as much. Of 849 copies already graded, 23 % received a 10 and 29 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £1,429 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 55 auctions the median was £235.73, across 92 fixed-price sales £323.81. Fixed price therefore fetched about 37 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £137.23 and £306.41, with a median of £218.29. 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 £80.79. Offers well below £48.47 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 £253.42 (109), German £105.82 (14). English fetches about 139 % 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.