Dark Machoke

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £302.65, raw the card sits at £5.28 — 57.3× as much. Of 1.772 copies already graded, 13 % received a 10 and 42 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £80.88 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 76 auctions the median was £5.82, across 180 fixed-price sales £5.03. Auctions therefore fetched about 16 % more — worth it mainly for sought-after cards with several bidders.

Half of all sales fell between £3.57 and £6.14, with a median of £4.44. 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 £2.78. Offers well below £1.67 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 £8.16 (11), English £5.93 (219). German fetches about 38 % more.

Last Sold 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.