Dark Dugtrio

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £999.21, raw the card sits at £37.54 — 26,6× as much. Of 3.868 copies already graded, 2 % received a 10 and 16 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £105.32 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 205 auctions the median was £19.46, across 372 fixed-price sales £25.02. Fixed price therefore fetched about 29 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £16.90 and £29.44, with a median of £22.29. 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 £12.75. Offers well below £7.65 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 £26.37 (19), English £21.67 (612). German fetches about 22 % 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.