Dragonite GX

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £419.06, raw the card sits at £56.75 — 7,4× as much. Of 2.428 copies already graded, 41 % received a 10 and 39 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £226.80 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 19 auctions the median was £55.87, across 107 fixed-price sales £63.00. Fixed price therefore fetched about 13 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £39.58 and £61.61, with a median of £51.29. 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 £29.71. Offers well below £17.83 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 £51.28 (118), Italian £32.84 (14). English fetches about 56 % 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.