Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £1,896, raw the card sits at £708.39 — 2,7× as much. Of 118.651 copies already graded, 42 % received a 10 and 47 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £1,216 on average, before fees and shipping. So submitting only pays off if the card truly hits a 10 — at any lower grade little remains after fees. The grade distribution comes from the PSA Population Report; people pre-sort before submitting, so your own hit rate may differ.

Across 93 auctions the median was £715.91, across 293 fixed-price sales £733.35. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £594.38 and £765.30, with a median of £686.05. 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 £474.48. Offers well below £284.69 are typically fakes, mislabelled cards or a different variant — ask for photos of all four borders and a close-up of the surface.

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.