Dark Raichu

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £6,210, raw the card sits at £183.39 — 33,9× as much. Of 8.813 copies already graded, 4 % received a 10 and 28 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £834.90 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 139 auctions the median was £214.28, across 165 fixed-price sales £238.89. Fixed price therefore fetched about 11 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £110.54 and £212.58, with a median of £158.65. 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 £73.13. Offers well below £43.88 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 £199.12 (10), English £149.11 (131). German fetches about 34 % 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.