Arceus VSTAR

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £145.23, raw the card sits at £6.36 — 22,8× as much. Of 173 copies already graded, 36 % received a 10 and 29 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £90.27 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 15 auctions the median was £4.46, across 131 fixed-price sales £5.44. Fixed price therefore fetched about 22 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £4.45 and £6.30, with a median of £5.31. 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 £3.66. Offers well below £2.20 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: English £5.76 (188), Italian £4.50 (25), German £4.30 (14). English fetches about 34 % 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.