Pikachu

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £2,559, raw the card sits at £29.03 — 88,2× as much. Of 366 copies already graded, 8 % received a 10 and 44 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £403.43 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 7 auctions the median was £15.03, across 27 fixed-price sales £21.23. Fixed price therefore fetched about 41 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £14.40 and £22.37, with a median of £16.78. 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 £9.18. Offers well below £5.51 are typically fakes, mislabelled cards or a different variant — ask for photos of all four borders and a close-up of the surface.

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.