Vaporeon V

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £1,117, raw the card sits at £65.34 — 17,1× as much. Of 10.519 copies already graded, 13 % received a 10 and 52 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £220.60 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 109 auctions the median was £52.83, across 300 fixed-price sales £69.68. Fixed price therefore fetched about 32 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £51.51 and £71.90, with a median of £61.12. 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 £44.46. Offers well below £26.67 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 £102.04 (13), Italian £86.92 (56), English £56.73 (335). German fetches about 80 % 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.