Bulbasaur

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £577.47, raw the card sits at £158.04 — 3,7× as much. Of 278 copies already graded, 33 % received a 10 and 35 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £302.74 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 16 auctions the median was £9.84, across 120 fixed-price sales £14.60. Fixed price therefore fetched about 48 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £9.86 and £15.04, with a median of £12.68. 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 £7.35. Offers well below £4.41 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: French £18.23 (12), English £17.81 (210). The difference is small — language barely matters here.

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.