Dark Alakazam

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £753.53, raw the card sits at £27.77 — 27.1× as much. Of 2.300 copies already graded, 12 % received a 10 and 38 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £195.20 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 104 auctions the median was £21.20, across 138 fixed-price sales £22.51. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £14.50 and £26.45, with a median of £19.38. 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 £10.87. Offers well below £6.52 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 £25.53 (19), English £24.07 (188). The difference is small — language barely matters here.

Last Sold 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.