Dragonite V

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £256.17, raw the card sits at £5.22 — 49,1× as much. Of 987 copies already graded, 30 % received a 10 and 52 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £99.19 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 51 auctions the median was £5.94, across 241 fixed-price sales £5.94. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £5.10 and £7.44, with a median of £5.89. 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 £4.20. Offers well below £2.52 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 £5.95 (10), Italian £5.87 (11), English £4.86 (328). German fetches about 23 % 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.