Blastoise VMAX

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £145.93, raw the card sits at £30.71 — 4,8× as much. Of 3.765 copies already graded, 59 % received a 10 and 34 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £100.66 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 61 auctions the median was £18.28, across 246 fixed-price sales £24.34. Fixed price therefore fetched about 33 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £18.96 and £26.72, with a median of £22.69. 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 £13.61. Offers well below £8.16 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 £32.30 (35), English £22.25 (310), German £17.00 (18). Italian fetches about 90 % 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.