Espeon GX

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £2,316, raw the card sits at £16.05 — 144,2× as much. Of 300 copies already graded, 5 % received a 10 and 27 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £356.97 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 11 auctions the median was £5.58, across 58 fixed-price sales £14.43. Fixed price therefore fetched about 159 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £8.58 and £14.87, with a median of £10.95. 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 £5.85. Offers well below £3.51 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 £12.70 (12), English £10.95 (126). Italian fetches about 16 % 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.