Gastly

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £415.32, raw the card sits at £57.80 — 7,2× as much. Of 16.183 copies already graded, 37 % received a 10 and 55 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £202.67 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 419 auctions the median was £70.85, across 765 fixed-price sales £79.63. Fixed price therefore fetched about 12 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £62.92 and £83.15, with a median of £72.60. 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 £51.70. Offers well below £31.02 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: French £66.83 (41), Italian £64.55 (40), English £63.80 (1021). French fetches about 43 % 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.