Dark Vileplume

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £1,629, raw the card sits at £59.00 — 27,6× as much. Of 4.918 copies already graded, 5 % received a 10 and 36 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £223.34 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 110 auctions the median was £46.84, across 137 fixed-price sales £60.53. 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 £31.39 and £58.67, with a median of £45.42. 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 £20.65. Offers well below £12.39 are typically fakes, mislabelled cards or a different variant — ask for photos of all four borders and a close-up of the surface.

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.