Charizard GX

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £89.26, raw the card sits at £8.97 — 10.0× as much. Of 42.473 copies already graded, 40 % received a 10 and 41 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £50.52 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 179 auctions the median was £9.66, across 553 fixed-price sales £8.59. Auctions therefore fetched about 12 % more — worth it mainly for sought-after cards with several bidders.

Half of all sales fell between £7.08 and £9.49, with a median of £8.01. 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 £5.20. Offers well below £3.12 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: Italian £9.39 (16), English £9.21 (689). The difference is small — language barely matters here.

Last Sold 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.