Charizard VMAX

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £445.16, raw the card sits at £29.74 — 15.0× as much. Of 46.787 copies already graded, 21 % received a 10 and 53 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £137.51 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 236 auctions the median was £30.13, across 672 fixed-price sales £33.70. Fixed price therefore fetched about 12 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £27.42 and £35.56, with a median of £30.98. 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 £24.64. Offers well below £14.78 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: French £49.09 (13), Italian £32.43 (89), English £30.35 (761). French fetches about 65 % 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.