Espeon GX

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £453.86, raw the card sits at £44.51 — 10,2× as much. Of 3.477 copies already graded, 22 % received a 10 and 43 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £151.84 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 59 auctions the median was £26.89, across 143 fixed-price sales £37.47. Fixed price therefore fetched about 39 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £23.72 and £39.86, with a median of £31.28. 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 £15.82. Offers well below £9.49 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 £35.70 (187), German £33.08 (10), Italian £32.22 (17). English fetches about 11 % 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.