Special Delivery Pikachu

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £3,030, raw the card sits at £432.43 — 7,0× as much. Of 14.683 copies already graded, 10 % received a 10 and 57 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £680.55 on average, before fees and shipping. So submitting only pays off if the card truly hits a 10 — at any lower grade little remains after fees. The grade distribution comes from the PSA Population Report; people pre-sort before submitting, so your own hit rate may differ.

Across 21 auctions the median was £297.62, across 60 fixed-price sales £371.23. Fixed price therefore fetched about 25 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £290.26 and £433.09, with a median of £353.22. 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 £205.61. Offers well below £123.37 are typically fakes, mislabelled cards or a different variant — ask for photos of all four borders and a close-up of the surface.

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.