Charizard V

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £71.93, raw the card sits at £13.30 — 5.4× as much. Of 91.259 copies already graded, 56 % received a 10 and 34 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £50.64 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 109 auctions the median was £17.79, across 163 fixed-price sales £14.41. Auctions therefore fetched about 23 % more — worth it mainly for sought-after cards with several bidders.

Half of all sales fell between £9.47 and £14.66, with a median of £11.49. 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 £7.88. Offers well below £4.73 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: German £16.94 (30), Italian £12.01 (30), English £11.90 (208). German fetches about 42 % 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.