Gengar

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £2,570, raw the card sits at £93.70 — 27.4× as much. Of 4.086 copies already graded, 9 % received a 10 and 53 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £384.06 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 106 auctions the median was £80.38, across 216 fixed-price sales £90.01. 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 £65.92 and £102.57, with a median of £85.43. 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 £50.63. Offers well below £30.38 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 £110.03 (64), English £94.29 (228), German £45.15 (29). Italian fetches about 144 % more.

Last Sold 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.