Squirtle

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £276.04, raw the card sits at £10.48 — 26,3× as much. Of 11.149 copies already graded, 19 % received a 10 and 40 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £89.06 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 145 auctions the median was £7.83, across 378 fixed-price sales £8.43. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £4.97 and £9.00, with a median of £6.52. 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 £3.63. Offers well below £2.18 are typically fakes, mislabelled cards or a different variant — ask for photos of all four borders and a close-up of the surface.

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.