Flareon VMAX

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £538.90, raw the card sits at £37.69 — 14,3× as much. Of 14.719 copies already graded, 27 % received a 10 and 51 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £190.84 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 £39.37, across 285 fixed-price sales £46.73. Fixed price therefore fetched about 19 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £36.38 and £48.49, with a median of £41.31. 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 £29.86. Offers well below £17.91 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 £46.77 (25), Italian £40.45 (52), English £37.12 (355). German fetches about 26 % 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.