Dark Gyarados

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £900.92, raw the card sits at £286.20 — 3,1× as much. Of 523 copies already graded, 23 % received a 10 and 35 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £1,193 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 58 auctions the median was £19.80, across 131 fixed-price sales £22.26. Fixed price therefore fetched about 12 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £14.67 and £26.56, with a median of £18.59. 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 £11.29. Offers well below £6.78 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: English £48.66 (275), Japanese £22.22 (10). English fetches about 119 % 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.