Pikachu V

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £642.43, raw the card sits at £96.42 — 6,7× as much. Of 9.742 copies already graded, 19 % received a 10 and 58 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £199.95 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 52 auctions the median was £78.52, across 125 fixed-price sales £93.88. Fixed price therefore fetched about 20 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £69.84 and £99.78, with a median of £85.17. 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 £58.66. Offers well below £35.20 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 £91.47 (42), English £82.60 (151), German £64.63 (10). Italian 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.