Rayquaza V

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £1,090, raw the card sits at £18.72 — 58,2× as much. Of 704 copies already graded, 34 % received a 10 and 52 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £445.23 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 30 auctions the median was £10.38, across 130 fixed-price sales £11.56. Fixed price therefore fetched about 11 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £9.40 and £16.11, with a median of £12.26. 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 £6.16. Offers well below £3.69 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 £18.14 (44), English £14.10 (243), French £10.29 (10). Italian fetches about 137 % 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.