Cynthia's Garchomp ex

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £55.46, raw the card sits at £4.48 — 12.4× as much. Of 2.584 copies already graded, 44 % received a 10 and 49 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £35.56 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 21 auctions the median was £4.81, across 156 fixed-price sales £5.82. Fixed price therefore fetched about 21 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £4.15 and £6.26, with a median of £4.82. 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 £3.14. Offers well below £1.89 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: German £4.23 (24), English £4.22 (131). The difference is small — language barely matters here.

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.