Dark Alakazam

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £540.67, raw the card sits at £22.41 — 24,1× as much. Of 2.788 copies already graded, 12 % received a 10 and 38 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £158.10 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 86 auctions the median was £19.38, across 125 fixed-price sales £21.71. 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 £14.54 and £25.59, with a median of £18.56. 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 £10.60. Offers well below £6.36 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 £25.49 (10), English £21.91 (165). German fetches about 16 % 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.