Charmander

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £462.72, raw the card sits at £38.15 — 12,1× as much. Of 49.355 copies already graded, 23 % received a 10 and 48 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £172.11 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 135 auctions the median was £46.83, across 354 fixed-price sales £51.01. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £42.36 and £55.27, with a median of £47.45. 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 £36.44. Offers well below £21.86 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 £78.55 (39), Japanese £39.29 (14), German £38.26 (180). Italian fetches about 112 % 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.