Pikachu

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £200.91, raw the card sits at £23.38 — 8,6× as much. Of 21.470 copies already graded, 40 % received a 10 and 48 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £108.57 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 65 auctions the median was £20.83, across 248 fixed-price sales £22.95. Fixed price therefore fetched about 10 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £18.64 and £28.49, with a median of £22.53. 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 £14.92. Offers well below £8.95 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 £39.75 (16), French £34.00 (34), English £23.38 (205). Italian fetches about 83 % 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.