Dark Raichu

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £6,167, raw the card sits at £226.23 — 27.3× as much. Of 8.104 copies already graded, 3 % received a 10 and 26 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £828.35 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 152 auctions the median was £213.60, across 176 fixed-price sales £261.24. Fixed price therefore fetched about 22 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £110.19 and £216.78, with a median of £162.78. 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 £67.49. Offers well below £40.49 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 £192.96 (135), German £145.04 (35), Italian £89.90 (12). English fetches about 115 % 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.