Dark Dragonite

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £963.86, raw the card sits at £54.91 — 17,6× as much. Of 5.218 copies already graded, 13 % received a 10 and 39 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £270.13 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 78 auctions the median was £49.45, across 129 fixed-price sales £55.91. Fixed price therefore fetched about 13 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £30.42 and £55.91, with a median of £44.08. 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 £14.93. Offers well below £8.96 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: English £37.28 (121), Japanese £33.70 (13). English fetches about 11 % 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.