Dark Gyarados

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £300.51, raw the card sits at £9.20 — 32,7× as much. Of 1.106 copies already graded, 5 % received a 10 and 23 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £59.16 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 153 auctions the median was £8.95, across 298 fixed-price sales £9.47. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £6.91 and £11.93, with a median of £8.94. 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 £5.10. Offers well below £3.06 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 £25.51 (19), English £8.95 (470). German fetches about 185 % 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.