Pikachu ex

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £267.83, raw the card sits at £59.72 — 4,5× as much. Of 15.373 copies already graded, 38 % received a 10 and 49 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £147.23 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 172 auctions the median was £62.24, across 369 fixed-price sales £74.28. Fixed price therefore fetched about 19 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £55.36 and £72.75, with a median of £62.47. 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 £49.88. Offers well below £29.93 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: French £60.80 (11), English £55.89 (497), Italian £53.26 (31). French fetches about 43 % 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.