Squirtle

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £265.89, raw the card sits at £82.98 — 3,2× as much. Of 37.622 copies already graded, 40 % received a 10 and 51 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £158.65 on average, before fees and shipping. So submitting only pays off if the card truly hits a 10 — at any lower grade little remains after fees. The grade distribution comes from the PSA Population Report; people pre-sort before submitting, so your own hit rate may differ.

Across 333 auctions the median was £78.89, across 681 fixed-price sales £85.66. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £70.91 and £88.66, with a median of £80.48. 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 £62.36. Offers well below £37.42 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 £82.92 (914), French £74.84 (33), German £68.03 (106). English fetches about 39 % 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.