Snorlax VMAX

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £165.63, raw the card sits at £36.53 — 4,5× as much. Of 1.708 copies already graded, 44 % received a 10 and 35 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £106.08 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 260 auctions the median was £37.37, across 583 fixed-price sales £44.44. 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 £31.40 and £44.61, with a median of £37.72. 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 £25.47. Offers well below £15.28 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 £49.67 (35), French £46.78 (17), German £34.01 (44). Italian fetches about 47 % 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.